There is this concept of politics as a dirty game.
Whenever I look at pictures of horrific things that soldiers do or that have been done to soldiers I always feel sorry for everybody involved because politics throws them into these horrific situations where really it's just 18-year-old kids.
I've learned a lot about what kind of actor I want or do not want to be while being on set. I sit back and observe how other actors treat the totem pole of set politics.
Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion and feel the human pain in a way that they might not if it was presented in a more conceptual way.
I would prefer not to be involved in party politics.
I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.
There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.
My close proximity to many of the newsmakers can give me a different perspective about people in politics and what they might say than others who don't know them.
When you're young, with less on the line, it's easier to be audacious, to experiment. So I introduced the concerns of my generation - politics, sex, drugs, rock-and-roll, etc. - to the comics page, which for many years caused a rolling furor.
I keep trying to bring a more professional approach to New Zealand cricket. It's an uphill battle. I stay in the game because I find it intriguing and interesting. I'm not interested in coaching international sides. I don't mind short-term coaching. ...
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
After much prayerful consideration, I feel that I must say I have climbed my last political mountain.
Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.
Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.
Politics in a democracy is transactional: Politicians seek votes by promising to do things for voters, who seek promises in exchange for their votes.
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.
Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
Digitization is certainly challenging the old ways of doing things, whether that's in publishing or politics. But it's not the end. In many ways, it is just the beginning.
