Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium. – John B. S. Haldane

To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles. – Anon.

I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy, with kings, queens, dukes and court politics, but of course like what I was explaining before, about making the science make sense, you have to make the politics make sense, too. – Kevin J. Anderson