Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.

Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content.

Politics is an act of faith you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together.

There are no morals in politics there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.