Politics Quotes - page 78

Politics are private. I don't understand people who try to convince you to join one party or another. (Carolina Herrera)
Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work. View quote
Caroline Kennedy
Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now. View quote
Caroline Kennedy
Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever. View quote
Caroline Kennedy
Well there's nobody who has a more supportive husband than I do, and he has a business that he runs, and it's his own business, so he has work to do, my kids have school to do, I mean, people have - there are other things in life besides politics. View quote
Caroline Kennedy
Folk art has never been much about politics; it's about action and utility. View quote
Cass McCombs
Solidarity and interdependence, a sense of worth, a pride and hope in the future: these are positive gains for those who believe in progressive politics and the beneficial role of government, rather than a detriment. View quote
David Blunkett
My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it gives you confidence in the political process to take on bigger battles, and so it is very much a bottom-up grass-roots way of doing politics. View quote
David Miliband
Everything about my politics has been about the future. View quote
David Miliband
I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics. View quote
David Miliband
Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions. (David Miliband)
This is a basic function of Congress to keep the government running. And so, what we ought not to do is play politics with those who have been affected by disasters. View quote
David Plouffe
Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies. View quote
Dalton Camp
Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case scenarios, and the long legislative battles over health care reform, financial services reform and the national debt and deficit have taken their toll. Obama no longer looks invincible. View quote
Dee Dee Myers
After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics; as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. View quote
Dee Dee Myers
As women have played an increasingly important role in politics, there is no question that they've brought a different perspective, focusing attention on a broader set of issues and building alliances with other women. View quote
Dee Dee Myers
It isn't fate but fecklessness that has shoved Sarah Palin to the sidelines of national politics. The real tragedy is that she's taken a lot of other serious Republican women with her. View quote
Dee Dee Myers
I was very aware of office politics because I was so baffled by them. So much so goes unsaid. No one says 'you're a cheeky so-and-so,' no one says 'you're so moody,' nobody ever confronts anyone else about anything. But I'm very crass, and I'm very confrontational, and I have a temper. I had to be hyper-vigilant in every office I worked in. View quote
Denise Mina
I always wanted to work at 'Take A Break' magazine, you know, just to inject a little bit of politics into their stories. I applied for a job there after I'd done my law degree and didn't even get an interview. I only wrote 'Garnethill' because I didn't get that job! View quote
Denise Mina
In Elizabethan England or classical Athens... theater was at the center of, not culture, but society and politics and religion and civic engagement. Those things have a different audience. View quote
Diane Paulus
Ray Charles revolutionary approach to music was also reflected in his politics and his deep and abiding commitment to Martin Luther King and the plight of African-Americans. Ray Charles may not have been on the front lines, but he put his money where his mouth was. (Diane Watson)
Businessmen should not put their finger in politics, because they tend to think only of their own self-interest. But I worry about the low morale in Italian industry and the lack of government initiatives to help the poor. View quote
Diego Della Valle
I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one. View quote
Dikembe Mutombo
Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that. View quote
Don Rickles
In politics, victory is never total. View quote
Donald Freed