“You should never ask actors about politics.”
Politics affects everything, whether you pay attention to it or not. These quotes cover power, democracy, partisanship, idealism, corruption, and the exhausting but essential work of trying to govern millions of people who disagree about nearly everything.
“As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.”
“You should never ask actors about politics.”
“In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.”
“Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”
“I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to answer for, because it has made it impossible for Congress to reduce the corrupting influence of money on American political life.”
“Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.”
“My college, Fitzwilliam, was pretty good but unfashionable and I lived in digs so I was not part of the cloistered 'old college' environment, which frankly was a bit intimidating. But I worked hard and settled in by exploring politics and girls.”
“We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics.”
“I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.”
“As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair.”
“Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.”
“I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.”
“I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.”
“For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.”
“No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.”
“Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.”