Become Quote by Joan Didion

Political experience is political inefficacy.

— Emmanuel Macron

This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues being a big deal where our mutual friend went…

— James Stockdale

Douglas Carswell accused all political parties of "deliberately cultivating the impression" that there would be a referendum.

— Douglas Carswell

Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.

— Naomi Klein

“Maybe what stopped people from voting wasn't a lack of information about the candidates or a feeling that the outcomes of races didn't matter…

— Sasha Issenberg

The clarification of our political ideas insensibly changes into and becomes indistinguishable from the history of political ideas.

— Leo Strauss

“Whenever, in a democracy, we see our rulers obsessed with “the technical aspects” of the electoral process, whenever we see them tinkering with the…

— Tim Parks

Politics creates an almost endless time horizon into the future. ... As governor I had the incredible luxury of being able to dream on…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Getting political representation is important, but change comes through using direct action, campaigning, and trade unions.

— John McDonnell

Sometimes in politics, you get a wallop in the electoral process.

— Enda Kenny

“Precisely because technology is now moving so fast, and parliaments and dictators alike are overwhelmed by data they cannot process quickly enough, present-day politicians…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Political analysts tend to overinterpret the results of isolated elections.

— Jacob Weisberg