He brings to the fierce struggle of politics the tepid enthusiasm of a lazy summer afternoon at a cricket match.
Politics Quotes
Quorum, n. A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it. In the U. S. Senate a quorum consists of the chairman of the Committee on Finance and a messenger from the White House.
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
I didn’t – I swear I didn’t – get into politics to feather my nest or feather my friends’ nests.
A political speech pleases all. Those who agree think it over, and those who don’t are glad it is over.
Recount, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded.
The more I see of politicians the less I think of them! They are seldom influenced directly by the true aspects of a problem and are usually guided by some ulterior political reason! They are always terrified of public opinion as long as the enemy is sufficiently far, but when closely threatened by the enemy […]
The senator (McCain) has got to understand if he’s going to have – he can’t have it both ways. He can’t take the high horse and then claim the low road. (To reporters in Florence, S.C., Feb. 17, 2000)
Arena, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.
Rostrum, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble.
