“Rome became a republic in 509 B.C., after driving out its king and abolishing the monarchy. The next two centuries saw a… — Anthony Everitt Copy Share Image
I've been interested in American politics since I was eight. That was in 1968. It was an interesting year. I was a… — George Packer Copy Share Image
We've had characters like Trump in American politics forever, characters who trade on xenophobia. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I wish that all Americans would realize that American politics is world politics. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When it came to the division of power, we did not get from the Jews the slice of cake we deserved... the… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
One of the greatest falsehoods of American politics over the past several decades is that the Republican party is the party of… — Seth Moulton Copy Share Image
Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don't want you to write about, but… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Fritz Mondale is not some synthetic Masked Marvel or Mystery Man. He is not made of silicon and micro-chip flakes. He is… — Lane Kirkland Copy Share Image
The national Democratic leadership is going so far left, they've left America. Don't let them bury the American dream in their graveyard… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Hispanic population grew by 4.7 percent last year, while blacks expanded by 1.5 percent and whites by a paltry 0.3 percent.… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
I couldn't help but be struck that this guy I had thought was the embodiment of everything wrong with American politics, a… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics. — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
Jesse Ventura took American politics and raised it to the level of professional wrestling. — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
The election before us will be the Austerlitz of American politics. — Roscoe Conkling Copy Share Image
I think that Obama's failure to reestablish the rule of law in money matters is the most damaging thing that he's done… — James Howard Kunstler 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
My assessment is that we have a crisis in national political leadership. When will America recognize the danger we face? When will… — Ricardo Sanchez Copy Share Image
Nineteenth-century American politics were notoriously raucous, with frequent violence in and around elections. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent. — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
On domestic policy, one of the major stories in American politics has been the growing ideological and political self-confidence of the Democratic… — Peter Beinart Copy Share Image
The meeting [in San Antonio of the National Women's Political Caucus] featured a cattle show at which a herd of Democratic candidates-… — Daniel Seligman Copy Share Image
Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image