Books Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“Actuated by no personal motives, but moved only by high and great constitutional considerations; which I will not attempt to explain, for they are…

— Charles Dickens

“the art of politics and the idea of cohering interests.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

“I came to the conclusion that an enormous amount of research was needed to form an opinion on anything, and therefore abandoned politics altogether…

— Philip Larkin

“Political activists rarely like fiction of any kind. Literature is about ambiguity, mixed emotions, and guilty pleasures. Politics is about ideals and action.”

— Christopher Bram

“For politics is not just about things necessary and eternal, nor is it just a matter of good judgment in a given situation. It…

— Daniel Gross

“But since my intention is to write something useful for anyone who understands it, it seemed more suitable for me to search after the…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“My literature must remain that which it is. Especially that something which does not fit into politics and does not want to serve it.…

— Witold Gombrowicz

“...when I was successful, but accused of arrogance, I wanted to drag every journalist who misunderstood to this place, and make them see that…

— Jeanette Winterson

“Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.”

— Ambrose Bierce

“Politics is the only field in which the character of a person does not stand in the way of his career.”

— Peter Prange

“One can be interested in both fashion and politics, don't you think? They so often go hand in hand. Appearances, saying the right words,…

— Rhiannon Thomas

“Turns out we need to know one more thing on earth: politics--because of its capacity, when benign, to allow all around it to flourish,…

— Charles Krauthammer