In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
Alexis de Tocqueville
The hardest thing to do in politics is campaign as someone you aren't. People can spot an imposter from a mile away.
Chuck Todd
In the end, Ted Kennedy was a politician, plain and simple. Yet he embodied how politics and public service can be successfully intertwined. You... →
Every election matters. Anyone that tells you otherwise doesn't understand politics. That said, not every election sends sweeping messages that... →
We may like to think politics is a battle of ideas and that the best idea wins out. But that's not true in most elections. Most elections are... →
Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of... →
Tatyana Tolstaya
Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
When I wrote about Mary Wollstonecraft, I found that here she was, in the late 18th century, going to work for the 'Analytical Review.' What... →
Claire Tomalin
Politics itself is so unsexy, isn't it? But when the politics in creative works are really explored - not used as a vehicle - the results can be... →
Marisa Tomei
I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics... →
Lily Tomlin