If I started preaching politics from the pulpit, our church would empty overnight. That’s not why people come to church. They want to hear the word of God being proclaimed, not the word of Robert Jeffress.
Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.
Nobody in a leadership level in American politics is trying to inspire the American people. Everybody needs to be goosed. The vast majority of people are not self-starters.
Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
Politics are not my arena. Music is.
Russia has nothing: no successful politics or economy.
The essential ingredient of politics is timing.
I’m not involved in the politics of religion, but I love what the message is.
Corporate competition is fierce, viewed by many as economic warfare where all is fair. But politics… now, this is something unique.
Steve Jobs would have wanted his words to change not just technology but politics itself.
I don’t follow politics; it doesn’t interest me. So why should I vote?
Politics is about the improvement of people’s lives. It’s about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.
Politics has become very corporate. There’s a whole farm system for the teams. There’s decisions made at the top. There’s a lot of literal corporate involvement, PAC money involved in selecting and backing candidates.
And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn’t have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.
Normally, I stay away from politics – unless I’m going to run for president.
Let us put the normal divisions of politics aside. Let us come together as one country; let us seize this historic moment to shift the balance of power from the corridors of Westminster to the streets and communities of Scotland.
High levels of economic inequality lead to imbalances in political power, as those at the top use their economic weight to shape our politics in ways that give them more economic power.
A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.
Grass-roots politics, linking small-dollar fundraising to massive local volunteer organization, showed that it can rival the power of a right-wing machine comprising super PACs backed by entrenched interests and mega-donors.
Nothing comes easy in life, but politics is incredibly difficult.
I was raised as a Christian, where all you’re taught is to be humble, even if you did something right. Politics is the complete opposite of: you do something a little nice, and you tell everyone.
Intersectionality is not easy. It’s not as though the existing frameworks that we have – from our culture, our politics, or our law – automatically lead people to being conversant and literate in intersectionality.
To balance China, the democracies will need new friends – and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate.
Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiving dinner kickback to the Indians for subsidizing Pilgrim maize production with fish head fertilizer grants.
Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.
