Politics Quotes - Page 41

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.

This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies.

Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce.

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

It's me who is my enemy Me who beats me up Me who makes the monsters Me who strips my confidence.

We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.

Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.

Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.

Politics is not an exact science.

Whether elected or appointed he considers himself the Lord's anointed, and indeed the ointment lingers on him so thick you can't get your fingers on him.

I've always had an interest in geopolitics and macroeconomics.

Revolutions are not made for export.

I love the environment, but I'm cheap on the environment.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

In politics, an absurdity in public business is going into it.

Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an entire code.

Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances.

The movies were custard compared to politics.

In volunteer politics, a builder can build faster than a destroyer can destroy.

In politics, you have your word and your friends; go back on either and you're dead.

In politics, nothing moves unless it's pushed.

My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could.

A politician would do well to remember that he has to live with his conscience longer than he does with his constituents.

Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.

I am a Tory anarchist. I should like everyone to go about doing just as he pleased - short of altering any of the things to which I have grown accustomed.