People always think American politics is very different, but usually it is a predictor of what happens in the politics elsewhere. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
“I am a Conservative: Barack Obama is the Hans Gruber of American politics. #caring” — Kurt Schlichter Copy Share Image
If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics. — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
We should vigorously debate policy differences. We have too much all-or-nothing in American politics. — Benjamin E. Sasse Copy Share Image
Jimmy used to drink liquor. Now he's running for president and he drinks Scotch, and I've never trusted a Scotch-drinker. — Billy Carter Copy Share Image
When it comes to giving tax breaks to the wealthy of this country, the President has a heart of gold. — Tip O'Neill Copy Share Image
Well, it is alarming to have a president [Reagan] who doesn't know what he is doing. — McGeorge Bundy Copy Share Image
It's easy to be cynical about American politics. It's more important not to be. — Andy Dunn Copy Share Image
Americans are about to discover that their system is more vulnerable than they thought. There's a lot of complacency in American politics,… — David Frum Copy Share Image
The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on; this is the… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Reagan "has conducted an arms race on earth," boomed Mondale. A race generally implies two parties. The Soviets contributed a little bit… — Hugh Sidey Copy Share Image
We have three things in common: Irish wives, the ability to speak for 17 minutes without a verb, and the fact that… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters.… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
The classic rules of American politics are dying, if not dead, if you look at the last two presidential elections. An African-American… — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
Hart is still like that little tub of vaguely milklike gunk that comes with airline coffee. It is labeled a "nondairy" product.… — George Will Copy Share Image
Mr. Rockefeller is due to entertain munificently at breakfast, and make his pitch. My advice to one invited guest was: Order caviar,… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
“The nation’s leaders keep throwing out the word “Washington” as a vulgar abstraction. Nothing new here: the anti-Washington reflex in American politics… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
“American thought and American politics will be largely at the mercy of those who operate these stations, for publicity is the most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I spend my time out on the campaign trail, it's usually about what I can do for somebody else. I don't… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
Net result [of the Dept. of Agriculture's Payment in Kind - PIK - program]: total farm income, now expected to be around… — Daniel Seligman Copy Share Image
When certain causes become prairie fires, politicians make difficult choices, and often at the expense of someone like Jeremiah Wright and Walter… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
“The Kochs were not alone. As they sought ways to steer American politics hard to the right without having to win the… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Welch became more confident that the press was reporting his words more accurately, but that worked against him because his discourses on… — Edward H. Miller Copy Share Image
“Because these characters perform against the vast backdrops of American politics and social upheaval, and because their personal destinies, their wishes, and… — James W. Hall Copy Share Image
“What we have here is a war—the war of matter and spirit. In the classical era, spirit was in harmony with matter.… — Giannina Braschi Copy Share Image
“Although Russia now was smaller and weaker, it was wily and well-informed about the intricacies of American politics. Russia still could have… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
“Every time I do an interview people ask similar questions, such as "What is the most significant story that you have revealed?"… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“Our political solar system, in short, has been characterized not by two equally competing suns, but by a sun and a moon.… — Samuel Lubell Copy Share Image
“The primary elections are the cornerstones of the plebiscitary presidency. They strip away the veneer of party unity and expose the individuality… — Stephen Skowronek Copy Share Image
“Many of them also became members, like Naipaul and Rushdie, of what the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah calls a ‘comprador intelligentsia’: ‘a… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
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