It was not my wish to come into politics. I was not a public person; I preferred to spend my birthdays with family and friends. But the 2008 elections were fraudulent, so I decided to finance the opposition to make them stronger. Bidzina Ivanishvili Politics
I did not resign from politics because of Bofors. I resigned because I do not know how to play petty politics. I did not know back then and I don't know now either. Amitabh Bachchan Politics
Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to marginal black youth we are not used to hearing from on such topics. Michael Eric Dyson Politics
Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood. Jonathan Haidt Politics
Social media is natural to me, and it's a very immediate way of saying something. It's the way politics are done these days. In modern politics, you can't ignore that even if you wanted to. I can't imagine doing politics without it. Nicola Sturgeon Politics
It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic structure, on society, on politics, etc. It's that everything now exists in technology to the point where technology is the new and comprehensive host of nature of life. Godfrey Reggio Politics
More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy. Jeff Greenfield Politics
The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong. Fidel Castro Politics
An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. Arnold H. Glasow Politics
I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if it's just a matter of conning the public. Actually, it's a matter of persuading the public, and in my experience, usually, the public gets it right. Tony Blair Politics
It's a no-win situation with politics; it's always going to be stressful. I'm more into the comedy of life. Jordan Peele Politics
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. Cal Thomas Politics
When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics. William Hague Politics
First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views. Nate Silver Politics
I hope that in my books there's an undertone of politics, basic tenets of how we should live. Jasper Fforde Politics
Architects feel empowered to give opinions about politics and sociology and philosophy without knowing much about it. Kind of in the same way that they think they can design furniture or fashion or utensils for dining. Rafael Vinoly Politics
The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people. Jacques Delors Politics
As I prepare for this next phase in my life, I ask that people continue to offer the prayers that have protected me thus far. I also pray that I will always see those who are not seen and easy to forget in the hustle and bustle of Washington politics. Artur Davis Politics
It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them. James Bovard Politics
There's a problem with political polling in that you have so much pressure to do what your client wants you to do and say what your client wants you to say. I've never felt that pressure. I am independent of the political parties. Frank Luntz Politics