One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Plato
I can't say I follow politics extremely closely, but I'm definitely aware of what's going on in the world.
Aubrey Plaza
What we ought not do is play politics with those who've been afflicted by disasters. This should not be controversial. Stop playing politics, do... →
David Plouffe
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... →
There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton.
John Podesta
Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.
John Podhoretz
This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the... →
I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business.
Sydney Pollack
By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be greater than mortal in some way, and... →
The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on; this is the black hole of... →
Michael Pollan