The Empress is legitimate, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he is mad.
My friendship with Martin [Schulz], by contrast, is completely different in that it goes far beyond politics.
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
You cannot mix sports with politics.
It's the spirit of Dominicans coming out and the pride that we have in our music and our baseball players. Dominicans love two things: politics and baseball. When we're not talking politics, we're talking baseball.
In politics, when you`re explaining, you`re losing.
England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.
Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.
We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
Self-regulation stands in relation to regulation the way self-importance stands in relation to importance.
So many people there are in politics that they're overly cautious about laughing at stuff. They're so damned concerned about what everyone else is thinking. What are they worried about? Nobody ever walked into a show as a bleeding heart liberal and had a comedian undo 30 years of life experience.
If you lead, you will eventually serve with Judas or Peter.
It's not unilateral when it's 16 to 3! Can't you count?
Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.
