Famous Quotes: Politics

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.
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The essential ingredient of politics is timing.
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I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that.
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First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It's also about politics.
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The thing about American politics, as I've learned, is there is no choice.
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My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it gives you confidence in the political process to take on bigger battles, and so it is very much a bottom-up grass-roots way of doing politics.
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Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content.
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As women have played an increasingly important role in politics, there is no question that they've brought a different perspective, focusing attention on a broader set of issues and building alliances with other women.
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He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.
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The lesson of the last year is this: foreign policy can't be managed through the politics of personality, and our President would do well to take note of an observation John F. Kennedy made once he was in office - that all of the world's problems aren't his predecessor's fault.
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If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.
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Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
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Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.
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Politics aside, it will be hard for any new liberal radio network to outdo the professionalism of NPR.
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When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
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So my degree was in political science, which I think was - the closest I could come to marketing is politics.
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Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state.
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A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.
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Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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