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

What drew me to politics in the first place was the fact that I wanted to have a place to take a stand and use my voice to express what I believed in. But Ive no longer got any political aspirations. I feel that as a politician, fifty per cent of people would hate you before you even left the house. – Jon Bon Jovi

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics. – Hubert H. Humphrey