“Some of the FDA's own scientists have charged that politics, not science, is behind the FDA's actions.”
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“Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules.”
“No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.”
“The more that I know of politics, the more it makes me realize that being a politician is largely useless.”
“In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right.”
“First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views.”
“I was looking for something like baseball, where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I discovered politics.”
“I guess I don't like the people in politics very much, to be blunt.”
“I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid.”
“You don't go into politics unless you want to win.”
“I cry, sometimes, because I'm not 20 years younger, and I'm not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my writing to enter politics.”
“I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.”
“I understand the process of politics and the game of television.”
“The precise point at which a tax deduction becomes a 'loophole' or a tax incentive becomes a 'subsidy for special interests' is one of the great mysteries of politics.”
“Politics thrives on simple, clean messages, something that played to Obama's advantage in 2008. Stagnant unemployment and the loss of America's AAA rating are as simple and tough as they come. This is the economy on Obama's watch, and there's no one left to blame.”
“Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.”
“A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!”
“I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.”
“It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.”
“I think that politics needs a bit of spicing up.”
“It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then to actually read the Communist manifesto and things like that and actually become involved in politics.”
“I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.”
“I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.”
“If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.”