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" Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole. "

John F. Kennedy

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Malcolm Turnbull

" War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. "

" You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt. "

" We used to play marbles for keeps. If you lost, you lost. It is the same way with politics, but not everybody knows this. "

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

" If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.' "

" The people in Iowa know that Washington isn't working. It's devolved into partisan politics and a lot of gridlock and obstruction. "

" Culture cannot be separated from politics. The arts, philosophy and metaphysics, religion and the sciences, constitute culture. Politics are the science or art of organizing our relationships to allow for the development of life in society. "

" We cannot change the politics issue until we change the culture around it; until we talk about what parents do for their kids as an act of love. That's a cultural conversation. "

Jose Antonio Vargas

" Sitting at a candidate rally is similar to sitting in a ballyard. Both give you the opportunity to assess the technical metrics and reflect on the intangibles - what baseball calls 'make up' and politics calls 'character' - the leadership, talent and maturity to add value to a venture. "

Christine Pelosi

" Like any young person who gets into a political campaign, I joined out of a highfalutin' desire to change the world. But you start to see the sort of tactics people use. You start to see politics not only in the macro but in the micro of the campaign itself. Some people get turned off by this side of it. Other people are drawn to it. "

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" Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently. "

Joseph Stiglitz

" The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare. "

" Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.' "

" Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. "

" We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it. "

John F. Kennedy

" In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table. "

" Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. "

John F. Kennedy

" I don't like politicians, and I don't like politics. I definitely don't want to be associated with any of them. "

" Globalization and trade liberalization were supposed to make us all better off through the mechanism of trickle-down economics. What we seemed to be seeing instead was trickle-up economics, accompanied by a destruction of democratic politics, as we moved ever closer to a system of 'one dollar, one vote' as opposed to 'one person, one vote.' "

Joseph Stiglitz

" The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. "

John F. Kennedy

" Politics is the conspiracy of the unproductive but organized against the productive but unorganized. "

" What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

" I know from personal experience that engaging with your community and helping others helps foster a sense of shared sacrifice and - at a time when our politics seem more focused on tearing us apart than bringing us together - that shared sacrifice will help us rekindle the national unity that has made us the strongest nation in the world. "

Tammy Duckworth

" A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip. "

Caskie Stinnett

" Am I the only person covering politics who ever noticed that Newt Gingrich is actually a nincompoop? "

" Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad? "

" The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs. "

Alphonse de Lamartine

" 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. "

Marianne Williamson

" My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism - certainly not politics. "