Baggage Quote by Chris Patten

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

— David Miliband

Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top…

— Bernadette Devlin

I have no baggage in politics. I've never been a politician. I don't owe anybody anything.

— Kevin O'Leary

I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with…

— Jane Goodall

I was politically complacent during the Blair years. Things were good and people thought things would be good forever.

— Jess Phillips

I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people.

— Mahatma Gandhi

What we need and have not got at Westminster are real experience and wisdom, possessed by people who do not view politics as a…

— Peter Hitchens

You're always more critical of your own country. People will talk about stuff in Britain, and I'll go: 'Aw, it's not that bad,' but…

— Cate Blanchett

Politics kept me busy for a long time; I enjoyed my experience and learnt a lot.

— Jaya Prada

It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.

— Steve Winwood

“My conduct, Pugstyles,' said Mr Gregsbury, looking round upon the deputation with gracious magnanimity—'my conduct has been, and ever will be, regulated by a…

— Charles Dickens

“Broadly speaking, affairs that were urgently political in Europe aroused only intellectual interest in Britain; while topics of intellectual concern on the Continent were…

— Tony Judt