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" Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act. "

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" When you are honest in your comedy, you have to acknowledge the world that you're in. Through a comedic voice, you're talking about what needs to be talked about, whether it's race relations or politics or anything that's happening on a global or an American scale. "

" Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. "

Winston Churchill

" Politics and war are remarkably similar situations. "

" Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians. "

Charles Krauthammer

" I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. "

William Gilbert

" Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. "

" I'd just as soon not get into a discussion about Jane and her politics. I'd just as soon stick to what we're here for, the picture. "

" The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same, but it's far tougher now, because record companies are run by financial people; before, they were run by creative people. "

Enrique Iglesias

" If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents. "

" I was brought up with a scientific outlook on life. It's the way my father deciphers the world - whether it's football, politics or hairstyles. So I don't get anxious about the future, because I was raised to believe and accept that nothing stays the same, and the best way to survive is to adapt. "

" I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there. "

" Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy. "

" I don't even know what the issues are. I haven't paid attention to politics in a long time. It's actually not something that I really even enjoy. It's way off my radar. "

" Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake. "

" Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life. "

" I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. "

" Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection. "

" Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. "

" You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord. "

" Self-preservation shouldn't be the first instinct in politics. It should be doing the right thing for the country. "

Doing The Right Thing

" I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people. "

Do The Right Thing

" People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.' "

" Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism. "

" I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. "

Adlai E. Stevenson

" The basis of Ronald Reagan was his humanity. I might not have agreed with his politics, but my research - all I read about him and by him - was that he was revered because he had a big heart. He was very religious and sincere. He believed that one spoke truths because, otherwise, people would know you were lying. None of that even applies to Trump. "

" There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. "

" University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. "

Henry Kissinger

" We're a rock n' roll band. We're more music and rock n' roll than politics. "

Gary Rossington

" In politics, a picture is worth a thousand words. "

Kathleen Troia McFarland

" Politics is pop. Our job as comedians - especially me, as a late-night talk show, which is a broader audience - is to amplify what we think America is thinking. "