"When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man." - Herbert HooverTweet
"Politics is not an exact science." - Otto von BismarckTweet
"The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation." - Benjamin DisraeliTweet
"Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against." - W. C. FieldsTweet
"I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president." - Hillary ClintonTweet
"Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business." - Malcolm ForbesTweet
"About 25 years ago, I started out as a reporter covering politics. And that sort of just evolved into organized crime, because organized crime and politics were the same thing in Boston." - Howie CarrTweet
"I've been leading newsrooms for a while now and it's been an honor serving as Editor in Chief of N.J., but I really think that my best shot at moving the needle in politics is by getting close to it - by reading, reporting, tweeting and writing." - Ron FournierTweet
"Well, purity - there's no purity in politics." - Jim DeMintTweet
"Politics makes me sick." - William Howard TaftTweet