politics quotes

“I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“In every country today, there is politics. It may be authoritarian politics, but there is politics. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics. ”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot

“I haven't been very active in politics. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based.”

— Stephen King

“Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”

— Groucho Marx

“Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does.”

— Groucho Marx

“In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?”

— Barack Obama

“There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.”

— Barack Obama

“Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.”

— Barack Obama

“The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about certain concepts they wouldn't have previously.”

— Marilyn Manson

“Politics have no relation to morals.”

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“I think that people are tired. They're tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics.”

— Michelle Obama

“The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.”

— Colin Powell

“Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.”

— Pope John Paul II

“The country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We have to offer an alternative vision.”

— Mitt Romney

“It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”

— Ronald Reagan

“Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”

— Ronald Reagan

“Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.”

— Ronald Reagan

“Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.”

— Ronald Reagan

“A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

“The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

“I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things.”

— Henry Rollins

“What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!”

— William Blake

“Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.”

— Jean-Paul Sartre