3 December 2020 Robert Reich The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It’s the party of non-voters.
3 December 2020 Ambrose Bierce Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
3 December 2020 Kenneth Robert Livingstone Short of being prime minister there isn’t a better job in British politics than running London.
3 December 2020 George Orwell If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics – a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage – surely that proves that you are in the right?
3 December 2020 Jeffrey Archer I’m not taking any interest in politics. I’m not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.
3 December 2020 Alexis de Tocqueville There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
3 December 2020 Dennis Kucinich My philosophy comes from a worldview that looks at the world as one. It’s a holistic view that sees the world as interconnected and interdependent and integrated in so many different ways, which informs my politics.
3 December 2020 Cher I know I’m not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I’m famous.
3 December 2020 Mike Huckabee Well, for me the pro-life issue has been something I’ve been very passionate about since the ’70s, and I have been very involved in the pro-life community since long before politics.
3 December 2020 Plato One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
3 December 2020 Robertson Davies Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don’t know what they are conserving.
3 December 2020 John Key I’m not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics.
3 December 2020 Bono You’ve got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.
3 December 2020 Bruce Willis I think the rules are going to have to change for me to ever run for public office. My checkered past will always keep me out of politics.
3 December 2020 Vince Cable My college, Fitzwilliam, was pretty good but unfashionable and I lived in digs so I was not part of the cloistered ‘old college’ environment, which frankly was a bit intimidating. But I worked hard and settled in by exploring politics and girls.
3 December 2020 Benjamin Disraeli There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable for in politics there is no honour.
3 December 2020 Pat Riley 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.
3 December 2020 Jerry Lewis I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don’t get into it because I do comedy already.
3 December 2020 Mark Udall On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity.
3 December 2020 Robert Wyatt Love is blind. My politics has been, too. I think you can fall in love with ideas, and you can fall in love with people. It’s a very subjective experience. And I’m loyal to that experience.
3 December 2020 Sarah Palin Politics isn’t just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it.
3 December 2020 Richard M. Nixon Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
