Famous Quotes About politics

I came into politics because I wished to change things. You can't do that by lying to people you have to educate, and persuade, and carry them with you - and it's often a long haul.

I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics.

Politics is not a healthy lifestyle.

Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London.

I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents.

The essential ingredient of politics is timing.