I always give 'rest to rest' and hope I will not retire from active politics.
Politics Quotes
The list of top contributors is odd: Benito Mussolini has the most entries, then Disraeli, with a Nigerian governor, Bernard Crick and Jean Chrétien behind them. It reflects what Wikiquote editors chose to collect, not a ranking of who said it best.
The better-sourced lines are drier. Edmund Burke, in 1770, dismissed the cant of “Not men, but measures.” Stanisław Jerzy Lec’s Unkempt Thoughts (1957) has the shortest joke on the page, “a Trojan horse race.” Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary (1911) calls politics a strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
Three well-known lines are flagged misattributed: “Politics is the art of the possible” (Franklin), a remark about playing your cards face upwards (H. G. Wells), and “politics have no relation to morals” (Machiavelli).
In an age of combative politics, you have to be a fighter to be in the game.
All history is contemporary history; you can't get away from the politics around you.
We are entering an era in which humanity itself is becoming the central question of politics.
That's the politics of Iran, no lawyers, no charges, no rights.
We do not recognize the annexation of Crimea, because the Church is outside of politics.
"Politics is the management and determines who gets what get and how."
"I have left active politics to be an advocate for vulnerable women and youth."
Tennis is only a sport, and we don’t intend to get involved in politics.
We have discovered that some women are scared because of the muddy water of politics.