194 Quotes filtered by politics
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
Otto von Bismarck
Category: Rules of Politics
The British Secret Service was staffed at one point almost entirely by alcoholic homosexuals working for the KGB.
Clive James
Category: Spying
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
William Ewart Gladstone
Category: Greatness
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.
Ronald Reagan
Category: Rules of Politics
Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
J K Galbraith
Category: Politics is...
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood
Otto von Bismarck
Category: Rules of Politics
When you say that you agree to a thing in principle, you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out.
Otto von Bismarck
Category: Rules of Politics
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
Otto von Bismarck
Category: Rules of Politics
Loyalty is a fine quality, but in excess it fills political graveyards.
Neil Kinnock
Category: Loyalty
The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt
Konrad Adenauer
Category: Rules of Politics
First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win
Donald Rumsfeld
Category: Standing for Office, Rules of Politics
Better keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than open it and remove all doubt.
Denis Thatcher 2002
Category: Speechmaking
Asking politicians to vote themselves out of power is like asking rabbits not to multiply, it ain't natural.
Bob Beckel 30/03/1995
On Term Limits
Category: Politicians (as a species), Power
