Politics Quotes

People feel politics isn't about their lives.

David Miliband

My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it gives you confidence in the political process to take on bigger battles, and so it is very much a bottom-up grass-roots way of doing politics.

David Miliband

I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes.

Demetri Martin

I was very aware of office politics because I was so baffled by them. So much so goes unsaid. No one says 'you're a cheeky so-and-so,' no one says 'you're so moody,' nobody ever confronts anyone else about anything. But I'm very crass, and I'm very c...

Denise Mina

'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.

Dick Morris

The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my first novel and, of course, in my decision to write about a handful of particular conflicts in Africa as a journalist.

Dinaw Mengestu

Every policy is shaped by two forces: background analysis and foreground politics. The political forces are loud, self-serving and, in the case of energy policy, well known.

Donella Meadows

No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.

Danica Patrick

The Israelis are very smart about politics and strategy, but there are a few exceptions. One is Lebanon, the other is Gaza, where they were completely inept.

Daniel Pipes

What we ought not do is play politics with those who've been afflicted by disasters. This should not be controversial. Stop playing politics, do the right thing for the country and let's make sure we're not making politics with disaster relief.

David Plouffe

Politics, to a degree, is about legislation, administration. You can't be there in the trenches.

Diane Paulus

I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.

Dan Quayle

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

Dan Quayle

I don't know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure.

Daniel Radcliffe

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.

Donald Rumsfeld

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

Donald Rumsfeld

In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.

Donald Rumsfeld

I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election.

Danny Strong

Caricatures created by politics never fit comfortably into the Oval Office.

David K. Shipler

There are a lot of folks at Fox News who bring a certain level of sophistication to their understanding of politics.

David Shuster

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.

David Trimble