I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty. Use this quote
People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause. Use this quote
Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. Use this quote
My shows aren't about trying to save some place, because I don't feel that's the right venue for it. That's my politics right there: Don't bring politics to my shows. Use this quote
I think the fact is that anybody who goes into politics feels like 'I can make a difference'. But it's not one person, you need so many others. Use this quote
But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor, all too often I was not leading but following my best guess at public opinion. Use this quote
The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency. Use this quote
The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves. Use this quote
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. Use this quote
The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving. Use this quote
I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. Use this quote
My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family. Use this quote
Politics makes strange bedfellows. Use this quote
In politics you learn to always smile. Use this quote
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around. Use this quote
Voting is a civic sacrament. Use this quote
We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of. Use this quote
Once you start saying, 'Let's talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations,' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but it can become confusing and frustrating, and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda. Use this quote
A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot. Use this quote
Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish. Use this quote
