I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.
Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.
In the early West, law and politics were parallel roads to usefulness as well as distinction.
Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense.
Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. It's not about stabbing each other in the back; it's about enabling people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness.
Crime does not pay as well as politics.
Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.
Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.
I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.
Sometimes things just click. The one contribution I tried to do, was shield the staff from the corporate politics that occur on any show. But yes, we all got along very well.
I don't think that politics attracts the best and the brightest of America. It doesn't attract the most sincere people.