The Congress has historically played covert communal politics in order to create what in India we call vote banks where you pit one community against another and so on in order to secure votes. – Arundhati Roy
I don’t think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any view you have can usually be made into something more general, and that can stand throughout time. – Isaac Brock
I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn’t want to give up power. – Arthur C. Clarke
I worked in the media from the late 30’s through the early 70’s. Politics in general became more liberal both nationally and within the state as the years passed. – Jesse Helms
In politics, it’s very theatrical. There’s a lot of stage craft. The campaign is trying to tell a story that they want people to believe in, and candidates are playing the role, like actors, by a creative personae that people will be attracted to. – Beau Willimon
I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community. – Bob Brown
If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing. – John le Carre
Actors in the film industry are usually wary of expressing their opinions on the issues of the day, politics especially. – Anupam Kher
It’s really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you’re going to get it to these people. – Bob Geldof
The regional parties have emerged as a strong force, and they, too, deserve a place in national politics. – Atal Bihari Vajpayee
I know my limitations, and I don’t like politics. I was only involved because of my husband. – Corazon Aquino
At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence. – Booker T. Washington
A lot of people are in politics to make friends, too, instead of making positive change. They’re worried about getting re-elected. – Jon Runyan
I don’t think that people are disinterested or uninterested in politics. I think very often they are disengaged from the formal political process. To some extent they are suspicious or even despairing of formal politics as a means to give expression and effect to what they want. – John Bercow
My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles. – Benjamin Disraeli
I was forced to come into politics because Saakashvili had destroyed the opposition. I had a choice either to leave the country, because it was dangerous to live here, or to go into politics. – Bidzina Ivanishvili
Jesse Jackson is not anti-Semitic, but in politics, you always get in trouble when you try to be cute. – Bert Lance
You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know, communal politics which the Congress has never been shy of indulging in. – Arundhati Roy
Thus, the focus on this main political goal must become more visible in EU politics and to achieve this, we need a political impulse. It must be clear what the priorities on the agenda are. – Angela Merkel
But I’m not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I’m interested in is emotions. – Bjork
Once upon a time, I thought that politics was the name we gave to our higher instincts. That was before Margaret Thatcher, who came to power when I was 11 years old. – Andrew O’Hagan
Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism. – Bill Moyers
