I was tenaciously opposed by the governor and deputy-governor of the Bank, who had seats in parliament, and I had the City for an antagonist on almost every occasion.
Hypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves.
The excellence of every government is its adaptation to the state of those to be governed by it.
I am not, and never have been, a man of the right. My position was on the left and is now in the centre of politics.
It's an issue that Democrats and Republicans seem to come together on, the over-influence of money in politics and in power.
Just be glad you don't live in one of those little countries where at this very moment, music is severely restricted, or as it is in Iran, totally illegal.
Vampires, fey folk, werewolves, Shadowhunters, and demons - these things made sense to Magnus. But the mundane world - it seemed to have no pattern, no form. Their quicksilver politics. Their short lives.
I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics.
Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
I've never professed to be anything but an average student.
ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.
As soon as you start writing about how human beings interact with each other socially, you're into politics, aren't you?
The question of questions for the politicians should ever be-What type of social structure am I tending to produce? But this is a question he never entertains.
Citizens are all equal in politics: we each have one vote.
Take it from me, every vote counts.
. . . . nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.
I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
I was perfectly certain that I had nothing to offer of an individual nature and that my only chance of doing my duty as the wife of a public official was to do exactly as the majority of women were doing.
If 10% is good enough for Jesus, it oughta be enough for Uncle Sam.
Politics is more difficult than physics.