Effort Quote by Sergey Brin

I always stand out by the voting lines on Election Day, and I can't tell you how many people say, 'I've never voted for…

— Wendy Davis

We have a lot of thoughtful people in the U.S. Senate.

— Marco Rubio

Generally speaking, politicians are an odd bunch. They seem to have very thick skins and genuinely don't care what people think. And charm is…

— Paul Merton

In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed to a little anger and exaggeration. Yet, on the whole, our political process…

— Anonymous

Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be…

— Barack Obama

You know, there's something heartsick about parties like this. Look at us. We're all pretending to be smart, as if intelligence were the cure…

— Charles Baxter

All parties attempt to represent important things that have developed outside themselves as unimportant, and where they fail in this they assail those things…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Politics is so difficult, it's generally only people who aren't quite up to the task who feel convinced they are.

— Alain de Botton

The best way to appreciate our political process is to volunteer for a campaign and support a candidate you believe in.

— Rob McKenna

We tend to think of politicians as time-servers and slackers. But on those committees they usually have an interest in the subject. And they're…

— Mark Thomas

“So I’ve never had much respect for activists who are willing to sit out elections, waste their votes, or tear down well-meaning allies rather…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

Regardless of how people love to deride politicians, democracy is not an easy gig. My decisions, views and heartfelt principles are dismissed by so…

— Jess Phillips