Politics Quotes by Michael Wolff

“In politics somebody has to lose, but invariably everybody thinks they can win.”

— Michael Wolff

If politics is a game of shrewd and knowing men, Trump has ruined it.

— Michael Wolff

Trump is a man who, for better or worse, stands in opposition to the institutions that dominate American political life.

— Michael Wolff

“The new politics was not the art of the compromise but the art of conflict.”

— Michael Wolff

Politics is a literal game. Every word must represent a strict view - or be so abstract as to be meaningless.

— Michael Wolff

“But Ailes was convinced that Trump had no political beliefs or backbone.”

— Michael Wolff

All politicians, no matter how gifted, ultimately depend on circumstances for their success.

— Michael Wolff

“the political antichrist, a figure of dark but buffoonish scandal,”

— Michael Wolff

In America, the new post-postmodern politician is all about authenticity: the daffier you are, the 'realer' you must be. The more you…

— Michael Wolff

“You defined yourself by your enemy’s reaction. Conflict was the media bait—hence, now, the political chum. The new politics was not the…

— Michael Wolff

With obvious irony, many of the left-leaning privacy advocates who might cheer Apple's stand against the government's intrusion into its system, are…

— Michael Wolff

Cable television is basically now the business of former political professionals. Joe Scarborough, a former Florida Congressman, is a far more successful…

— Michael Wolff

“Trump was not a politician who could parse factions of support and opprobrium; he was a salesman who needed to make a…

— Michael Wolff

“The Trump White House stood less for government and the push-pull of competing interests and developing policies, and more, in a brand-savvy…

— Michael Wolff

The Apple imperative is to build a system that is 100 per cent resistant to any government warrant. The data on your…

— Michael Wolff

The most characteristic aspects of the Clintons, a political couple who might otherwise largely see themselves as practical-minded centrist consensus builders, is,…

— Michael Wolff

“Almost everybody in the campaign, still an extremely small outfit, thought of themselves as a clear-eyed team, as realistic about their prospects…

— Michael Wolff

Running for office, or suggesting you might, is no longer about being a politician but being an independent opinion or sensibility entrepreneur.…

— Michael Wolff

Politics, which really is about the art of expression, ought to be a logical profession for writers (it's very hard to explain…

— Michael Wolff

Possibly the defining development of postmodern politics - naturally, an American one - is the separation of personality from ideology. If you…

— Michael Wolff

“But Ailes was convinced that Trump had no political beliefs or backbone. The fact that Trump had become the ultimate avatar of…

— Michael Wolff

Long-running scandal fuels targeted political media. It's the stuff of obsession, which is the basis of a passionate core audience. More obsession…

— Michael Wolff

“Bannon’s entire political career, such as it was, had been in political media. It was also in Internet media—that is, media ruled…

— Michael Wolff

“Bannon’s strategic view of government was shock and awe. Dominate rather than negotiate. Having daydreamed his way into ultimate bureaucratic power, he…

— Michael Wolff

“The three senior guys in the campaign,” an incredulous Bannon went on, “thought it was a good idea to meet with a…

— Michael Wolff

“Indeed, the protesters who believed they were seeing the company’s relationship with Trump in political terms were actually seeing this in conventional…

— Michael Wolff

“The chance that Don Jr. did not walk these jumos up to his father’s office on the twenty-sixth floor is zero,” said…

— Michael Wolff

“Political campaigns, substantially based on volunteer help, attract a range of silly, needy, and opportunistic figures. The Trump campaign perhaps scraped lower…

— Michael Wolff

I'm not a daily reporter. I'm not a newspaper reporter, I'm not a political reporter.

— Michael Wolff

“Trump, said Bannon, noting the obvious, was the least disciplined man in politics.”

— Michael Wolff

The Steve Bannon I know - I locate Steve's politics as a Democrat circa 1962.

— Michael Wolff

Politics is ultimately not that complicated a profession; it's where the mediocre distinguish themselves.

— Michael Wolff

The most important virtue in politics was once thought to be likeability. But in Corbyn, dislikeable was king. Actually, dislikeability reached its…

— Michael Wolff

In one sense, newspaper editor is an appropriate job for an out-of-work politician; politicians live the news cycle as intensely as editors.

— Michael Wolff

Brexit and Trump had upended the fundamental establishment viewpoint that politics was aspirational, that good politics promised progress, generational betterment and ever-expanding…

— Michael Wolff

“In politics somebody has to lose, but invariably everybody thinks they can win. And you probably can’t win unless you believe that…

— Michael Wolff

“Anyone studying the position would conclude that a stronger chief of staff is better than a weaker one, and a chief of…

— Michael Wolff

“In an age when all successful political candidates are surrounded by, if not at the beck and call of, difficult, even sociopathic,…

— Michael Wolff

I can hardly tell you how boring it is to interview almost every politician among the multitudes I have ever interviewed (journalists…

— Michael Wolff

What's wrong with politics in the celebrity billionaire analysis is politicians. Populism is not so much a cry for economic equality, or…

— Michael Wolff