I'm really interested in how we view the public figure, what makes a public figure, what makes a celebrity, and how images make politicians, so I take an interest in politics, but it's really an interest in the image.
I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics.
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.
I loved every day I was in politics. But I got out at the right time. I never miss it.
I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community.
We're living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First World War, but with equally tragic realities for our soldiers and their families.
Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people participate.
There is a real and evident problem of democracy in Georgia, and this was the core reason of my entrance into politics. We have no rule of law. It's absolutely absent.
If you really think that ambition, power, lust, desire are not as applicable in the media as in politics or on Wall Street or anywhere else, you're deluding yourself.
Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work.
Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions.
The hardest thing to do in politics is campaign as someone you aren't. People can spot an imposter from a mile away.
I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
I didn't come into politics to have to deal with the issue of clandestine entry, illegal working, or an asylum system that allows a free run for right-wing bigots.
Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to win, or sit the battle out.
It isn't fate but fecklessness that has shoved Sarah Palin to the sidelines of national politics. The real tragedy is that she's taken a lot of other serious Republican women with her.
No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.
Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.
So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs, politics, investment and technology.
If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics.
I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me.
