Know how Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I must choose my words carefully in order to avoid any negative interpretation. Among politicians, this is a tactic known as lying.

— Pat Paulsen

A common rhetorical strategy of politicians and others is to frame their opponents' views in the worst possible light, tacitly suggesting that all versions…

— Dale Jamieson

As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.

— Alexander McCall Smith

In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

— Gore Vidal

I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions…

— Thomas Piketty

I'm a wishy-washy 'Guardian' reader, but the last thing I want to do is force a political agenda down people's throats. It's not central…

— Alastair Reynolds

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

— Aneurin Bevan

Do not use thought to ground a political practice in Truth; nor political action to discredit, as mere speculation, a line of thought. Use…

— Michel Foucault

Of course, you can't legislate for how people are going to read

— Paul Muldoon

Political books are so often written from the perspective of the politicians, not from the point of view of the people.

— Jess Phillips

Prosecuting me as an elected politician for expressing the opinions of my constituents is absurd.

— Geert Wilders