I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.
In Israel, generally speaking, politics is much more familiar than any other place. We all know each other.
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.
Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.
There's an old rule of thumb in politics that 90 percent of all 90 year-olds vote and 25 percent of all 25 year-olds vote.
There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton.
I was always fascinated by politics, and I did not like the direction the country was going under Bill Clinton.
We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.
I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here.
One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.
Being out and about talking to residents and representing their views is, in my view, as important to politics as the grandstanding that takes place in Westminster.
There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
In politics, there's a kind of literal-mindedness. It's what you say, not what you mean, and you have to say only what you mean.
If the only people who can succeed in politics are people who go in at 25, that'd be too bad. That'd be a shame.
Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish.
The country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We have to offer an alternative vision.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.
