I discovered that night (in his college's student politics) that an audience has a feel to it, and, in the parlance of the theater, that audience and I were together.
Every combination of two or more human beings has both a useful aspect and a political aspect.
I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays. It was my first political trick.
I think it is important for readers to know that it is possible to bring intellectualism and idealism to the White House and still be political enough to advance an agenda.
There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.
I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here to make you laugh. I use the news as the palette for my jokes.
Al Qaeda's central political objective is the creation of an Islamic republic, the progressive realignment of American foreign policy.
Never has the political class or the mainstream media that covers them been more out of touch with the American people than they are today.
We need scientists and mathematicians explaining why they are excited about their subjects but also why they are important for solving social problems, informing political debate and for the economy.
In light matters--matters of small consequence, like religion and politics and such things--he never acquired a conviction that could survive a disapproving remark from a cat.
The more we can do to address fiscal austerity, the better our markets will do, and there is a real political shift to doing that.
True Islam taught me that it takes all of the religious, political, economic, psychological, and racial ingredients, or characteristics, to make the Human Family and the Human Society complete.
I'm politically on the left, no question about it. I oppose sweatshops, I oppose exploitation of labour in the third world.
If the first words out of your mouth are to cry ‘political correctness!’, … chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.
During the Fifties, political and military activities in Vietnam were heavily influenced by the French, who as recent colonial masters, made all-important decisions.
The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time.
Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.
It is feasible for someone who comes from a privileged background to understand the privilege they have had and to use the formal political arena in a way that would disperse power and engage with people in their own lives.
I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.
Civil movements and riots are as old as human civilization. Long before Twitter was created, mobilization of the discontented was mouth-to-mouth, or even by 'smoke signals' to gather the uprising against established political power.
I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.
