I’ve learned over the years that ‘rational discussion’ accomplishes almost nothing in politics, particularly with people better educated than average.
My life in Hollywood surrounded by celebrities became a point of view for me – sports, fashion, music, film, arts, and politics as a media play.
It’s about time we make the well-being of our young people more important than ideology and politics. As a country, we benefit from investing in their future by investing in teen pregnancy prevention.
Donald Trump himself actually said during his campaign that he essentially thinks being unpredictable is a good thing. Maybe that’s a good thing in domestic politics, but in foreign policy, that is really stupid.
I don’t do politics, I don’t do religion, I don’t do ethnic jokes.
As the spiritual leader of six million people, the Dalai Lama can be credited with a significant renunciation of the authority of tradition – of the conventional politics of national self-interest as well as of religion.
Media, politics, women, family, friends, good relationships, bad relationships, all inspire me.
What we’re doing on ‘The West Wing’ is fictional. It’s not a place to learn about politics or government. Has there ever been a fundraiser on ‘The West Wing?’ No. So right there, you’re in Disneyland.
I’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.
Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.
Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He’s a black man. That’s what it is: it’s racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He’s a centrist.
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.
I’ve never paid attention to politics. I only have the vaguest notion of what the IRA is.
We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics… but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression.
I think people are tired of politics as usual. We’re tired of everything being scripted; we’re tired of every comment being politically correct.
A Renaissance pope, they were not overly concerned with their religion – rather more concerned with politics and power. At that time, they still ruled the world.
Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Just politics in general is a disgusting thing.
In ‘Healing the Soul of America,’ I wrote about Gandhi’s notion of soul force in politics and why it matters to stand on your truth.
Our form of government can no longer be considered an experiment in politics. Crowned with success, it stands forth an example to the world and exhibits the proudest triumph of reason and philosophy.
Politics does the equivalent of constantly trying to reinvent children’s arithmetic and botching it. It does not build reliable foundations of knowledge.
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.
While Democrats may never adopt the policies of Ronald Reagan, they should follow his golden rule of politics closely. Reagan adamantly instructed his party members to never publicly criticize another Republican.
When the Founding Fathers arrived here in Philadelphia to forge a new nation, they didn’t come as Democrats or Republicans or to nominate a presidential candidate. They came as patriots who feared party politics.
Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.
