You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
I’m not a political person. When I start to get into it, it just upsets me. I feel so powerless when it comes to politics. So I’ve just decided to be non-political and very, very pro-soldier.
I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.
Politics are not the task of a Christian.
I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you’re constantly focused on scoring hits against each one another. Yes, we need a robust democracy, but you can be strong, and you can be kind.
Sacrifice is putting country before party and principles before politics. It is not defending the indefensible, protecting the powerful, or staying silent in the face of injustice just because you’d like to keep your job.
To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.
It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.
As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum.
Do you know who the real hypocrite is? It’s the federal government and the Justice Department. It’s a fraud; it’s a lie. They have no interest in the education of black children. They are only interested in the politics of it.
Music is the most powerful form of communication in the world. It brings us all together. Even religion separates us, but a hit record unites us across religious beliefs, race, politics.
In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.
Politics is not perfect but it’s the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.
The politics of fear are always the same. They are easily recognisable in retrospect. They are easy to acquiesce in at the time.
Most people don’t want to talk about politics and religion. They say, ‘Let’s talk about something else.’
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.
In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours.
Let’s clean up the Senate and return to politics of common ground.
American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.
Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.
Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.
I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.
Politics isn’t about left versus right; it’s about top versus bottom.
Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences.
