Quotes:Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is a temporary expedient, often wise in party
politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship
View quotes by James Russell LowellOverall his period in office can only be characterised as a decade of missed opportunities in which the hopes of the British people for a new kind of
politics were shattered [on Tony Blair]
View quotes by Sir Menzies CampbellWe made a promise to ourselves at the beginning of the process that we weren't going to put any of our own
politics, our own messages or our own themes into these movies. What we were trying to do was to analyze what was important to Tolkien and to try to honor that. In a way, we were trying to make these films for him, not for ourselves.
View quotes by Peter JacksonShe displayed great courage and deep humanity both in her public life in
politics and privately coping with her prolonged medical condition [Mo Mowlam]
View quotes by Charles KennedyYou begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or
politics.
View quotes by Charles BukowskiThe argument of the broken pane of glass is the most valuble argument in modern
politics.
View quotes by Emmeline PankhurstIn
politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will be more comfortable.
View quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von GoethePolitics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.
View quotes by Ronald ReaganA typical vice of American
politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
View quotes by Theodore RooseveltI've always wanted to serve my country in some capacity. But many years ago, my father said he wanted me to run the brewery and he'd do
politics.
View quotes by Pete CoorsPolitics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.
View quotes by Marshall McLuhanA sporting system is the by-product of society and its political system, and it is just boyhood dreaming to suppose you can ever take
politics out of sport.
View quotes by Peter HainReturn to the fundamentals of
politics - sell our story door to door.
View quotes by Richard J Daley'If you're writing songs, there are two things that you just don't write about:
politics and religion. We write about both.'
View quotes by BonoSometimes in
politics one must duel with skunks, but no one should be fool enough to allow the skunks to choose the weapons.
View quotes by Joe CannonI'm not a politician of your ordinary type. Most politicians - and most
politics - are boring.... I don't think I am boring
View quotes by George GallowayIn their obsession with turning comedy into a branc of left wing
politics, they forgot that the only point of comedy is to make people laugh.
View quotes by Bernard ManningAmerica is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations,
politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams.
View quotes by David BrooksRadical changes in world
politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.
View quotes by Pope John Paul III am in
politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.
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