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).
I personally believe that politics and the economy can be and should be separated.
I want to transform our society. I write about the girl child, women, environment, and even politics
Breaking into and making my mark as a woman in politics was tough
I didn’t enjoy politics, the rough and tumble of political life
Politics is [politics] if it envisions the new; there is no politics that does not envisage the new.
I try not to be very observant of art world politics because it is believed to be everywhere
it's time for white people to take a back seat. Politics has moved on. Step back.
Politics is in my bones. I grew up hearing my parents hollering at the TV.
We are not in politics to defend an imperfect history. We are here to reform the future.