Finality is not the language of politics.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.

In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

There is no gambling like politics.

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities that is not to be taken seriously in politics.

I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics.