Quotes About Politics

But no, I'm not political. My obligation is to pull the lever and elect somebody who's going to make life a little better for everybody, especially those who don't have as much good fortune as others.

When you've got somebody who's a flaming liberal like Bill Maher calling you out, something's wrong.

I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.

Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.

No, I'm not running for office someday.

The argument most commonly made in the filibuster's favor is crudely partisan: 'Our side may be in the majority now, but someday it will be in the minority, and when that happens we'll want to block the other side's extremist agenda.'

Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.

People really think that the only way I got to be press secretary is because I somehow had a personal family connection to the Bushes or the Cheneys, and that wasn't true.

Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that you are somehow doing something that you shouldn't be doing.

Somehow, someway, for some people there's an automatic assumption that a mayor who is African-American or some other elected official has to support another African-American.

Somehow we can't live outside the politics of race. There's something very deep in all of us, that is taught to us when we are very, very little. Which is the disrespect and fear of the other.

There's a presumption that somehow you calculate beforehand whether something is going to be good politically or not. I simply don't.

America was founded on majority rule, not supermajority rule. Somehow, over the years, this has morphed into supermajority rule, and that changes things.

Washington is politics! Somehow if people have political objectives, then those objectives are automatically disqualified? If that's the case, the Democrats have no business being legitimized about anything because everything they do is political.

All art is political in the sense that it serves someone's politics.

If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.

Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.

Everything that's wrong in Washington had to start someplace.

Russians aren't perfect. Their politics are messed up, and they keep going through self-defeating economic cycles. But I have a lot of respect for Russia, and a lot of love for Russians.

'The White Woman on the Green Bicycle' is a love story mapped onto an unfolding political tragedy: that of the failure of the Independence era in Trinidad.

I adore my family. I don't love their politics. I think they're wonderful parents. They were dreadful at parenting.

I love Washington. I have an affection for the place. For a satirist, I think it's sort of Disneyland. I mean, you know, there's always some inspiration in the morning's headlines.

I never get bored talking about themes dealing with ambition, leadership and what it means to be an American. I love that stuff. I just love it. I've loved it ever since I was on 'The West Wing.'

I am the granddaughter of an English woman. I love England and her people and, regardless of politics, consider you to be family... and always will.