There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the harder it is to find some common ground to make some progress that would give people confidence...
Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics.
Literature offers not just a window into the culture of diverse regions, but also the society, the politics; it's the only place where we can keep track of ideas.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
I quit politics because I hated it.
Politics is largely a matter of heart.
In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.
I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking.
Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.
That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those who have children and give less to those who don't have children.
So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.
On my team, we prioritize merits over politics.
British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.
Politics now is rather like going into Starbucks for a coffee.
Politics in Scotland is far too important to be taken seriously.
Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.
In Cuba, taking into account the long fight for our independence and sovereignty, we will defend the one-party system in the face of the games, demagogy and the marketing of politics.
I really don't have a lot of interest in national politics, and it's because I'm a skeptic. I think you can accomplish a lot more locally. I don't want to spin the wheels and not get anything done.
The election before us will be the Austerlitz of American politics.
I've always been very suspicious of the left-right dimension in politics.
We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without being personal.