Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest…

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

— Ambrose Bierce

A man who kills on his own is a murderer. A man who kills at his government's request is a national hero.

— Ramman Kenoun

The notion of a non-religious Christmas is ridiculous. But so is the insistence on the part of Christians that politicians and retailers carry out…

— Rachel Campos-Duffy

We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

“Jim Reston: Walking through the crowds of air-kissing politicians, actors and high fliers, it was tough to tell where the politics stopped and the…

— Peter Morgan

One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard…

— Matthew Lesko

Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing…

— Amity Shlaes

Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local…

— Ed Miliband

“The global population of Earth are involved in the following corporate government experiments: The long term effects of - 1. Nuclear bomb fallout radiation.…

— Steven Magee

For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Politics is not an issue whether you like or dislike , but every citizen must involve.

— Khem Veasna

We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he…

— Ashraf Ghani

“Only careful political manoeuvring will be able to manage the situation.”

— Davan Yahya Khalil

Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.

— Alan Greenspan

Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on…

— Judith Ellen Foster