American Quote by Rick Perlstein

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests.

— Sarah Palin

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

— Winston Churchill

“Many people feel that playing the political game involves devious plotting or blatant self-promotion. But in reality, “politics” is what naturally happens whenever people…

— Marie G. McIntyre

There is a circus around politics. But if you think it is a game, then you forget what the purpose of politics actually is.

— Johann Lamont

Politics has become a game of meaningless, mindless battles, conducted by unscrupulous methods and people, designed to transform even the most serious policy debates…

— Al Gore

I'm not into political gamesmanship.

— Kevin de Leon

“Typically, we use the term “playing politics” only to describe our colleagues’ behavior—never our own. They are sucking up, scheming, and manipulating, but we…

— Marie G. McIntyre

“In the United States, the two-party system works as a way to manufacture an artificial group identity, akin to an ethnic or national one…

— Jason F. Stanley

True partisans draft legislation that gives themselves everything and their enemies nothing. They love bills that repulse and even disgust the other side. Today's…

— Jim Cooper

There is this concept of politics as a dirty game.

— George Papandreou

The Democrats are standing on one side, and the Republicans are playing games on the other. Both sides are playing games.

— Mark Shields

I believe politics is a team sport. That, for awful and unfortunate reasons beyond any of our control, the American system only allows, effectively,…

— Rick Perlstein