Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois. Use this quote
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. Use this quote
I don't follow politics much. Use this quote
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. Use this quote
The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side. Use this quote
As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair. Use this quote
If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America, I plead guilty. Use this quote
I think that what I'm doing is right. And election-year politics, which intensifies everything, is not going to drive me off that course. Use this quote
Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical. Use this quote
I'm not involved in the politics of religion, but I love what the message is. Use this quote
By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be greater than mortal in some way, and that's led them into creating illusions, sound bites, focus groups that tell you what to do. Use this quote
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. Use this quote
What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. 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
In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right. Use this quote
In politics you learn to always smile. Use this quote
