I would rather not meddle in the domestic politics of the…

“Truth might be heroic, but it was not within the range of practical domestic politics.”

— Samuel Butler

If you want to rise in politics in the United States, there is one subject you must stay away from, and that is politics.

— Gore Vidal

Imperial politics represents the conquest of domestic politics and the latter's conversion into a crucial element of inverted totalitarianism. It makes no sense to…

— Chalmers Johnson

Perhaps in the long view, de Gaulle was more responsible with his troublesome interventions into our domestic politics, for unifying our country than we…

— Judy LaMarsh

“It was one of the great myths of that time that foreign policy was this pure and uncontaminated area which was never touched by…

— David Halberstam

Anyone who tries to separate or divorce domestic politics from international politics does not get it, and that might be dangerous for the future…

— Tariq Ramadan

I concern myself with Venezuela. However, some rightwing movements are transforming me into a pawn in the domestic politics of their countries, by making…

— Hugo Chavez

“At bottom, politics was a hullabaloo of equal and individual competitors who would only be guaranteed to cooperate for one cause: the elimination of…

— Anthony Everitt

Throughout my life, I have publicly and privately denounced military interventions in domestic politics. In fact, I have been advocating for democracy for decades.

— Fethullah Gulen

“Foreign policy is in danger of turning into a subdivision of domestic politics instead of an exercise in shaping the future. If the major…

— Henry Kissinger

This self-defeating behavior, so the argument goes, must be the result of warped domestic politics.

— John Mearsheimer

When you work in the White House you talk to the White House staff all day, so you're talking to the guy who handles…

— Elliott Abrams

Oil could complicate domestic politics in countries with too much of it - there is a reason economists talk about 'the curse of oil,'…

— Chrystia Freeland

In a climate where much of foreign policy is a direct function of domestic politics, focusing on what one doesn't want is an easy…

— Hassan Rouhani

Clearly if the United States' relationship with Cuba changed, which would require a regime change inside Cuba, if Cuba moved towards a more democratic…

— Jeb Bush