“There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization.”
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“In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.”
“In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic.”
“We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics, which is positive and has to do with balancing competing interests and looking for solutions.”
“People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.”
“If I weren't doing the politics, I wouldn't be doing my job.”
“Very few people go into politics to be reviled.”
“Once you start saying, 'Let's talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations,' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but it can become confusing and frustrating, and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda.”
“I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. I love policy. I'm not particularly fond of politics.”
“Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.”
“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.”
“There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre.”
“If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.”
“When I started 'CNN,' I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the doers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn't going to come from me.”
“I don't know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment.”
“Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed and war is an extension of those politics.”
“The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems.”
“I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with British politics.”
“It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?”
“Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.”
“Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.”
“You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know, 'He's the rock star of politics,' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world.”
“I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.”
“Politics is the art of the next best.”