Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry. Votes: 3
John George NicolayWhere there is politics or economics, there is no morality. Votes: 3
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelI've come to believe that, fundamentally, art matters more than politics. Votes: 3
John Luther AdamsThe brutal reality of politics would be probably intolerable without drugs. Votes: 3
Hunter S. ThompsonYou can't have a discussion about politics without mentioning Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3
Eugene JareckiIt's true that in chess as in politics, fund-raising and glad-handing matter. Votes: 3
Garry KasparovSports, politics, and religion are the three passions of the badly educated. Votes: 3
William H. GassHalf of Japan still couldn't tell the difference between crime and politics. Votes: 3
Jon Courtenay GrimwoodI don't think consensus-building politics is what I'm meant to be doing. Votes: 3
Christopher HitchensIn American politics, 'Europe' is usually a code word for 'big government.' Votes: 3
James SurowieckiThe problem of media/politics is multifold. Many things are out of whack. Votes: 3
Robert Kane PappasThe presidents I served under don't have anything to do with my politics. Votes: 3
William Eldridge OdomIn politics, there's a fine line between too much conviction and too little. Votes: 3
Robert J. SamuelsonIn middle life politics are not a mental acquisition; they are a temperament. Votes: 3
Frank Moore ColbyNothing in politics is ever so good or as bad as it first appears. Votes: 3
Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of HandsworthThe world would have peace if only men of politics would follow the Gospels. Votes: 3
Bridget of SwedenWe shouldn't leave the work of politics to people who run for public office. Votes: 3
Hillary ClintonI never mix my religion with politics. But I feel values are very important. Votes: 3
Mufi HannemannThere's only one thing to do with politics, and that is to survive it. Votes: 3
Andrew Joseph GalambosThe next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics Votes: 3
Boutros Boutros-GhaliAll politics is a struggle for power; the ultimate kind of power is violence. Votes: 3
C. Wright MillsAn independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics. Votes: 3
Adlai Stevenson IThere is no great danger to politics in the desire for certainty at any price. Votes: 3
Bernard CrickA man never stoops so low as when he rises to the challenge of politics. Votes: 3
Hunter S. ThompsonWar is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means.
Carl von ClausewitzAll I know is politics. Really, politics takes up most of my time; it's nonstop.
Jean-Claude DuvalierIn politics a community of hatred is almost always the foundation of friendships.
Alexis de TocquevilleI wish that all Americans would realize that American politics is world politics.
Theodore RooseveltYou can't be involved in modern American politics without somebody attacking you.
William J. ClintonWhen I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine
Margaret ThatcherAristocracy and exclusiveness tend to final overthrow, in language as in politics.
William Dwight WhitneyI've always had my voice as a comic. I was never that into politics, or prop comedy.
Andrew Dice ClayIn politics, you have your word and your friends; go back on either and you're dead.
Morton BlackwellPolitics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.
Vagit AlekperovI don't watch the news, I don't care about politics, I don't care about other sports.
Conor McGregorI cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government.
Harold WashingtonI'm such a sap for democracy and politics that I get weepy when I see anybody voting.
Tucker CarlsonPolitics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.
William J. ClintonIf you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.
David Lloyd GeorgeI can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.
David WalliamsPolitics is a choice of enemas. You're gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do.
George V. HigginsThose who can't teach - administrate. Those who can't administrate - go into politics.
H. L. MenckenThe whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.
Reinhold NiebuhrPolitics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
Robert Louis StevensonI think I do want to go into politics. I really, really do. And I don't know if I will.
Alec BaldwinI have always noticed in politics how often men are ruined by having too good a memory.
Alexis de TocquevilleIn elective politics, it's up or out. You go up the ladder, or you get out of the game.
Edward BrookeI do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas.
Eliot SpitzerIt's because I'm only interested in the big things that I'm not interested in politics.
Elizabeth SmartThere's no point in getting into politics at all unless you plan to lash things around.
Hunter S. ThompsonI think generational trauma also plays a big part in the reactions to Israeli politics.
Jill SolowayThird party politics, at least since La Follette, has always had an element of romance.
John Kenneth Galbraith...Politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe.
Thomas SowellTo be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.
Jean ChretienIn the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.
John MearsheimerWe are not in politics to ignore peoples' worries, we are in politics to deal with them.
Margaret ThatcherIn a democracy, dynasty politics is wrong. We need to free the state and nation from it.
Narendra ModiYou can achieve anything in politics provided that you let someone else take the credit.
Ronald ReaganYou get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.
Siraj WahhajI'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics.
Zephyr TeachoutI think politics in general are just like a popularity contest but McCain is just... old.
D. L. HughleyTo make even fewer friends try talking about politics as much as you talk about yourself.
Demetri MartinIs there a way to discuss climate change without politics or religion getting in the way?
Don CheadleIn politics one may remain aloof and become irrelevant or get involved and get corrupted.
Eugene McCarthyPositions on politics and religion are labels. Inside I'm still me, just older and tired.
Frank SchaefferIf churches want to play the game of politics, let them pay admission like everyone else.
George CarlinIn politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI don't think that politics are as complex as people like to make them seem or out to be.
Lupe FiascoThe fundamentalist Zionist lobby controls politics and the media in the US and Australia.
Margo KingstonI mean if politics was my main motivation I would be doing politics. But I'm a filmmaker.
Michael MooreIf you're interested in politics and you're not following it, then it's a little bizarre.
Tony BlairPolitics is not worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.
Will RogersPolitics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
Baron de MontesquieuIf I lose, I'm going to retire from politics, practice law, and wear bright leather pants.
Carol Moseley BraunOf all sciences there is none where first appearances are more deceitful than in politics.
David HumeThe Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
Edmund BurkePolitics is not a tea party. When it is time to act, you have to move fast and decisively.
Edward BrookeNot everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is.
Hunter S. ThompsonDavid Boaz has been my guide to the history, economics, and politics of freedom for years.
John StosselI have no baggage in politics. I've never been a politician. I don't owe anybody anything.
Kevin O'LearyOrganized religion is making Christianity political rather than making politics Christian.
Laurens van der PostMedicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a grand scale.
Rudolf VirchowIn the world of movie personalities the distance between popularity and politics is short.
Shirley TempleIn philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line.
Will DurantPolitics is a dirty business, but if you do not do politics, politics will be done to you.
Will ShetterlyAs a very young poet, I had been brought up on that dogma that politics was bad for poetry.
Adrienne RichGovernments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate.
Barbara TuchmanAmerican politics are important because it affects the entire world in often negative ways.
Bryce DessnerOne of the things about federal politics is that it has been remarkably free of corruption.
George BrandisI just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.
Harvey FiersteinLet's not be intimidated by secular people who disparage Christian involvement in politics.
Joel HunterIf you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.
Josh BillingsIt will help erase the idea that politics is a second-rate profession and a dirty business.
Robert KennedyExplosion without an objective', declared Miles Blundell, 'is politics in its purest form'.
Thomas Pynchon