For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.
I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.
Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.
Do you think it's possible to discuss politics without preaching?
It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems.
I don't get involved in politics. I think that it is a waste of time and money because very often a politician cannot do much, and if you give him money, you embarrass him, so he can't do anything.
I've always loved history, from my youngest memories. My father enjoyed the great stories of history, like Hereward the Wake, Robin Hood, and Richard the Lionheart, and he shared them with me. I went on to do a degree in history, though I found it rather dry, because it was mostly about politics rather than dashing individuals!
If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.
I have long been impressed with the focus on politics and that focus being... from young people.
War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man.
I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.
That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those who have children and give less to those who don't have children.
I'm a person who's always been interested in politics and thought it was a very noble occupation.
There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.
There is a thin line between politics and theatricals.
Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity.
Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
I think it's good politics to beat up on big companies and rich people.
If you want to change things, politics is the best way to do that.
Racial politics in Chicago has a long history of being intertwined with the mayor's race, but I'd like to think we're past much of that.
San Suu's story will always involve politics, but the essence is the love story.
Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling, technology is stressful, and the economy is unfortunate. What's one thing that we have in our lives that we can depend on? A dog or a cat loving us unconditionally, every day, very faithfully.
What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party.
Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders.
Remember that politics, colonialism, imperialism and war also originate in the human brain.
Family politics are worse than world politics. That's all I can say. You don't get to choose your family; you get to choose your friends. Your family is imposed upon you.
I think Lena Dunham, the public figure, is - I hate the word 'brand,' but I'm going to use it - it's such a brand that is so tethered to her public persona and to 'Girls', but also this progressive politics that she's been more vocal about.
To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate.
The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.
Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body.
If the court is a political institution making important political decisions, then the public should debate the politics of Supreme Court decisions.
I'm going to be looking forward, asked to be judged on my record, not taken back as has been the - in a sense, the tendency throughout politics in Northern Ireland, is to always look back, always look at what was said a long time ago, instead of looking forward.
