“What is a Caucus-race?” said Alice; not that she much wanted to know, but the Dodo had paused as if it thought that somebody ought to speak, and no one else seemed inclined to say anything. “Why,” said the Dodo, “the best way to explain it is to do it.”
Politics Quotes
Rule1 is take what you can, give up what you must. Rule 2 is take it whenever, however, and from whomever. Rule 3 is, if you are not ready to abide by the first two rules, you are not qualified for a career in politics.
(Trying to obtain information from Mr. Mitchell was) Like trying to nail a drop of water to the wall.
Well then, maybe it would be worth mentioning the three periods of history. When man believed that happiness was dependent upon God, he killed for religious reasons. When he believed that happiness was dependent upon the form of government, he killed for political reasons… After dreams that were too long, true nightmares… we arrived at […]
I do not believe that the politics of personal destruction is what the American people are interested in.
Americans have checked out of politics. It’s not just a problem with one segment of the American public. People are disengaged across all kinds of socioeconomic and ethnic categories.
In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.
Politics is not religion, and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.
