People Quote by John McDonnell

Political rivalry is one thing but personal smear campaigns scrape the barrel of political infighting.

— John McDonnell

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct…

— Peter Mandelson

I know politics is emotionally brutal; I've already had experience with the reality of smear campaigns, so I understand there will not be a…

— Marianne Williamson

I think the political process has degenerated into name-calling and extremism, and I think that that's unfortunate.

— Bill Bradley

When you start attacking cronyism and people's political interests, it gets nasty.

— Charles Koch

If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel.

— Mark Russell

When you start attacking cronyism and peoples political interests, it gets nasty.

— Charles Koch

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

— Eugene McCarthy

Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.

— Tony Snow

On both sides of the Atlantic, politics has come to be dominated by vitriolic name-calling and pervasive dishonesty.

— Max Boot

If I did not speak with people who call me names, I could not engage in politics.

— Geert Wilders

“Political parties were new and still slightly suspect, and some people disliked their constant conflict. One of the Auburn papers lamented, after the close…

— Walter Stahr