Appearing Quote by Chris Gabrieli

Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.

— Frank Herbert

You can choose not to be interested in politics, but you can’t choose to be unaffected by it

— Penny Wong

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you.

— Anonymous

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

— Plato

In politics one may remain aloof and become irrelevant or get involved and get corrupted.

— Eugene McCarthy

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.

— Paul Valery

I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

There is a limit to what you can do in politics.

— Ronald Reagan

I'm not in politics. I'm really not a public figure. But I'm trying to be a little more cognizant of my surroundings.

— Bill Foley

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

— George McGovern

To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.

— Simone de Beauvoir

I'm pretty transparent and very honest almost to a fault. I don't hide anything or sugarcoat anything. I don't play politics because that means…

— Stacy Barthe