Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. – James Russell Lowell
Finality is not the language of politics. – Benjamin Disraeli
Real politics are the possession and distribution of power. – Benjamin Disraeli
Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong. – Jean-Paul Sartre
In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships. – Alexis de Tocqueville
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin. – Vladimir Lenin
There is no gambling like politics. – Benjamin Disraeli
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation. – Benjamin Disraeli
To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities that is not to be taken seriously in politics. – Vladimir Lenin
The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime. – Chuck Palahniuk
To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought. – Honore de Balzac
War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support. – Colin Powell
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. – Charles Bukowski
When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man. – Herbert Hoover
Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room. – Doug Coupland
By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties. – R. Buckminster Fuller
Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men. – George Jean Nathan
First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals. – John Avlon
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. – Henry A. Kissinger
Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory. – John Kenneth Galbraith
