Jesse Jackson has to get back to "I am somebody" instead of "I am some color." — Ernest Hollings Copy Share Image
Today, the District of Columbia has more residents than at least two other states; Puerto Rico has more than 20. With numbers… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
It was Reagan who began the realignment of American politics, making the Republicans into internationalist Jeffersonians with his speech in London at… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
My experience of American politics is that people raise issues, and they get addressed in an effective but imperfect way. But that's… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
Glenn must think he's still in space. He's orbiting the issues faster than he orbited earth. — Ernest Hollings Copy Share Image
John ain't been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm setting the record straight - Chuck Schumer is nothing but a political animal who symbolizes all that's wrong with American politics. — Trish Regan 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
“King had marched six weeks earlier through the Mississippi town where the civil rights workers Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner were murdered. He… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
American politics is a struggle, not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force,… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
The time has come to knock off this religion business in American politics. There's no end to the mischief that can occur.… — Lowell P. Weicker, Jr Copy Share Image
With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind. — Theodore White Copy Share Image
It takes quite a bit of nerve for Democrats to complain about inflation. This reminds me of germs complaining about the disease. — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
“This hostility against intellectual and cultural elites had antecedents in Senator Joseph McCarthy’s attacks in the 1950s, and arguably more generally forms… — Ian Haney López Copy Share Image
From where many of us in the U.K. sit, American politics is hopelessly polarized. All kinds of issues get bundled up into… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“Public life in this country is too damn dominated by people who’d read more if only their lips didn’t get so tired.” — Markham Shaw Pyle Copy Share Image
Asking Senator Fulbright's advice on foreign policy is like asking the Boston Strangler to massage your neck. — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Scottish politics, U.K. politics, is not really like American politics in this respect. Not everybody is absolutely obsessed with image. I'm not… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
The President needs me at the White House. It's autumn, you know, and the leaves need raking. — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
McGovern couldn't carry the South if Rhett Butler were his running mate. — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
When we do in Grenada what the Soviet Union did in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, we lose moral authority and credibility. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The cost of appearing with a bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me. Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your… — George Will Copy Share Image
