My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.

Real politics is messy and morally ambiguous and doesn't make for a compelling thriller.

The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country.

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.

One respect in which I'm very much my father's son is how I feel about Joyce. 'Ulysses' is very much about daily life, when you get into this other guy's life and you learn about the things he cares about, and why he cares about them. And then, very indirectly, very subtly, you learn why politics has impacted his life, too.

I'm not one of those people for which politics is my sole preoccupation.

I love politics, love government, and I definitely want to stay involved. But I don't know if I'd ever want to run for office.

Misogyny is at the reptilian brain stem of a lot of right-wing politics.

Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.

You no longer have to have a big record label behind you and have to kowtow to the politics that enabled you to get there. You can be a phenomenal artist and put your stuff out there on YouTube and find yourself becoming a star.

Fear is the main factor in Arab politics... There is no Arab who is not harmed by Jews' entry into Palestine.

We need to learn to work with political systems that are not perfect instead of taking the view: let's first fix the politics, then we'll fix the rest.

You always bump into politics in life, and as a man, I'm party to a number of environmental issues that concern me first and foremost, as a man, as a father.

People who feel alienated have little trust in the institutions of our society. This adds to the wider sense of disaffection and makes it more difficult for our politics to work.

Rian Malan was one of the first younger writers to perceive and write about a darkness in the South African psyche that goes deeper than mere politics. To some extent, that's my territory, too.

I think the idea of getting money out of politics is critical.

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.

Would I get into politics? I'll just say what I tell people when they ask me this: Pray that everyday citizens like me aren't pushed to that corner.

I'm a dual citizen in a way. I live in the States and have a green card, so my connection to British politics is almost nonexistent.

Yes, in the commercial world there's room for both McDonald's and Whole Foods, but in the realm of politics, we're told, it's either Filet-o-Fish or line-caught salmon: only one can prevail - and which is up to you.