Arena Quote by Robert Hughes

“Politics is a process which should slowly bring to public all the private worries and hopes of the individual.”

— Theodore H. White

“I could never feel like that about any public issue. Sometimes I wish I could. For me, if I'm honest, politics is background, news,…

— David Lodge

Politics and public life are not for the faint of heart. It has been and always will be a noisy and cantankerous place.

— Charlie Baker

There are times when every act, no matter how private and unconscious, becomes political

— Renata Adler

“The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave…

— Anonymous

“The most important political office is that of private citizen.”

— Louis Brandeis

“Politics is the only field of human endeavor where the more experience you have, the worse you get.”

— Kinky Friedman

“Thus, we consider this case against the background of a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited,…

— William J. Brennan

“It is part of the trivialization of politics that we give endless attention to the inner life of the politician - his private thoughts,…

— Charles Krauthammer

“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

“But the most dangerous consequence of the naked public square is the loss of community.”

— Charles W. Colson

“There are times when every act, no matter how private or unconscious, becomes political. Whom you live with, how you wear your hair, whether…

— Renata Adler