The art of politics is knowing what to do next.
In a sense, terrorism blossomed in the advent of television. Television promotes terrorism in religion and in politics.
To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a big comeback. Many Americans share my disappointment - especially those who were filled with great hope a few years ago, when then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois.
I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago.
I was concerned about the link between crime and politics, and I figured out the only way I could do something about it was to get into politics.
The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life.
In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.
I'm going into politics because I think that the kind of discourse taking place in Israel is leading this country to oblivion, and I want to change it.
In Israel politics, four years is like 400 years in Europe.
The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics.
I'm not in politics.
I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that electoral politics doesn't matter any more, and that Ralph Nader was right when he said there is no difference between the two parties.
I have the kind of life where I can take my kids on trips with me. I can involve them in my work. I've always avoided politics because I didn't want to make commitments that would take me away from raising these children.
Politics have no relation to morals.
Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.
Politics has less to do with where you live than where your heart is.
Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle.
Hope springs eternal, even in politics.
Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.
The 'politics of memory' policy appears to work largely by insinuation.
Politics has been a roller coaster, but I'll never look back and say, 'Why did I do it?' In fact, if my son decided to join politics tomorrow, he has my full and unconditional support.
Unity in faith is theocracy; unity in politics is fascism.
The first thing we need is for President Obama to finally enforce current immigration law and strengthen our borders. To take up any other agenda is bad policy for the American people and bad politics for Republicans.
Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.
Politics is its own world. It is a court and if the king's eye lights on you, you are a powerful figure. If the king's eye wanders elsewhere, you are out, whatever your title.
Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.
Businessmen should not put their finger in politics, because they tend to think only of their own self-interest. But I worry about the low morale in Italian industry and the lack of government initiatives to help the poor.
The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President.
I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
Politics colours everything, and anyone who wants change is necessarily political. As an environmental campaigner more or less since I left school in the early '90s, I have always been involved in lobbying, campaigning and pushing for changes.
All of business and all of politics is essentially fiction to those who live them. I have more experience with fiction than most senators because I do it all day, so their world didn't seem that foreign to me.
The potential for the abuse of power through digital networks - upon which we the people now depend for nearly everything, including our politics - is one of the most insidious threats to democracy in the Internet age.
I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.
The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs.
In a world where global politics is no longer a zero-sum game, it is - or should be - counterintuitive to pursue one's interests without considering the interests of others.
British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.
