Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. — Robert Louis Stevenson
More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy. — Jeff Greenfield
Here we are the way politics ought to be in america; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy. — Hubert Humphrey
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. — John Kenneth Galbraith
In our age there is no such thing as “keeping out of politics.” all issues are political issues — George Orwell
When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism. — Jim Hightower
I’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you. — Ann Richards
I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever — Thomas Jefferson
Although he’s regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in american politics. — George J. Mitchell Jr.
I’ve never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party. — Naguib Mahfouz
Genuine politics — even politics worthy of the name — the only politics I am willing to devote myself to — Vaclav Havel
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. — Albert Einstein
In laying hands upon the sacred ark of absolute permanency, in treating the forms that had been — John Dewey
The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right.. — Christopher Lasch
You have to do something political every single day. Politics at its core is really about — Howard Dean
I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. — Barack Obama