I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors. When you get right down to it, they probably like being fooled by politicians even more. A skillful actor will make you think, but a skillful politician will make you never have to think.

It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.

America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.

Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.

Unity in faith is theocracy; unity in politics is fascism.

If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

I am in the fighting game. I don't care about anything else. I don't watch the news, I don't care about politics, I don't care about other sports. I don't care about anything I don't need to care about. This is my sport: it is my life. I study it; I think about it all the time. Nothing else matters.

Politics is the art of the possible.

Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.

I'm very concerned about the tone of politics in recent years. We've seen a decline in civility and bipartisanship, and a rapid increase in hostility between those who have differing opinions. I think this has led to the alienation of the public in governance, which jeopardizes democratic participation.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

Politics abhors a vacuum, and Asian countries will gravitate towards China if U.S. influence is perceived as declining.

I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics.

You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics looks so petty.

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

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.

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

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.

I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Politics makes me sick.

It's important that we start conversations about changing the culture of sexual harassment and discrimination in politics, state capitols, and our larger communities with an acknowledgment of the courage of so many women who have chosen to speak up and speak out.

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

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.

I've always tried to avoid politics because most politicians that I know are quite dirty in terms of human dignity, ethics and morals.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

Politics - I still think it's a bunch of liars and a bunch of self-interest. It's not about the people: it's about themselves and their rise to power. They are voting on things based on whether they will have the support of the people when they vote next time. They don't have the balls to say, 'I believe in this. I don't care what happens.'

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

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

All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.

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

Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.

People are just trying to work their jobs, raise their families, discipline their kids, and have a good life... Politics has just become like bad weather. And they deserve clear skies.

You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.

First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

I think I'm one of the most patriotic people that I've ever encountered in America. I consider myself a bedrock patriot. I participate very actively in local politics, because my voice might be worthwhile. I participate in a meaningful way - not by donations; I work at it.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.