“I think politics is important. It's how we run our society. I think it should be natural to have an interest in the subject, and I almost don't understand why some people don't.”
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“Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.”
“This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the spears and fling the mud he sits upon the throne.”
“When I became leader, I made very clear I was not going to choose the easy life. I have always taken risks. I don't like comfort-zone politics.”
“You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.”
“There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.”
“I honestly believe that there's an element in this country, in our politics, that does not want to see a businessman succeed at getting the nomination for the Republican party, and does not want me to succeed at becoming President of the United States of America.”
“One of the things that I think you see sometimes in politics is a certain degree of caution. It's usually advised by consultants who don't want to see you march to the end of a limb.”
“We discussed politics, but we also talked about the importance of hard work, personal responsibility, living within your means, keeping your word. Those lessons stay with you throughout your life.”
“The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.”
“I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results.”
“No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.”
“I'm not a politician and don't want any part of politics.”
“Politics is the art of the possible creativity is the art of the impossible.”
“I think politics come out of psychology.”
“And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.”
“You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of the time that's healthy and indeed even creative. But it's where - it's really when news organisations are used as kind of instruments of politics that it gets tricky.”
“I never have been involved in politics.”
“I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.”
“You cannot mix sports with politics.”
“I don't follow politics much.”
“Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.”
“Politics is the womb in which war develops.”
“I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When we went through our zealous, self-righteous period it didn't exactly win us any friends.”