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" Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics. "

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" The fossil fuel industry commands outsize sway over U.S. politics, markets, and democracy. I knew these companies were formidable, but when I served on the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, I got a close up view of how the industry disregards government safeguards. "

Frances Beinecke

Horizon

Democracy

Government

" Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours. "

" I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible. "

" It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. "

" In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. "

" With respect to Barack Obama, let's face it; Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We understand that. African-Americans are going to vote for the first black president, especially when he happens to share the liberal politics on economic issues that many in that community hold. "

" I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience. "

" Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there. "

" Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man. "

" Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to marginal black youth we are not used to hearing from on such topics. "

" What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics. "

" One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. "

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lesson

Better

" I was very aware of office politics because I was so baffled by them. So much so goes unsaid. No one says 'you're a cheeky so-and-so,' no one says 'you're so moody,' nobody ever confronts anyone else about anything. But I'm very crass, and I'm very confrontational, and I have a temper. I had to be hyper-vigilant in every office I worked in. "

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

" Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. "

" Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong. "

" I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot. "

" Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation. "

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

Barbara Bush

Think

Lord

" It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. "

" Everything I learned I learned from the movies. "

" What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. "

" As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down the population growth rate... as a woman, I entered politics with an additional dimension - that of a mother. "

" A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader. "

Harry S Truman

Leader

Politics

" I am not God. Nor am I Phantom. I am ready to accept any criticism. I have been in politics for decades. Each and every day, in several media, there is criticism of me. "

" Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. "

" Richard Nixon was a very complex man. I don't think he was a conservative, nor liberal, not even a moderate. He was a pragmatic politician. He loved politics. "

" Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois. "

" I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. "

" Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. "