Quotes About Politics

Here in Nigeria, what makes the news is conflict between the executive and the legislature.

In fact, despite the fact that he's somehow managed to brand himself as a moderate choice, Michael Bloomberg's record is actually that of an authoritarian nightmare.

The number of people, the labor force, has shrunk by nine million human beings since Obama took office.

I consider my voice to be a centrist moderate voice among the nine Democratic candidates.

Nixon probably was a nice guy.

Media runs the world, and it all changed, I think, when the debate between Kennedy and Nixon happened, and first of all we saw them on television, and that changed everything.

What makes me laugh? Richard Nixon always made me laugh.

Roger Ailes's effect on politics was much longer-lasting than Richard Nixon's, even though Nixon was elected president twice.

Nixon's adroit use of television in 1952 was well ahead of its time.

Kennedy was a lot of fun, always. He had something going on. But not Nixon.

I met Gerald Ford. I met Richard Nixon. I met Jimmy Carter. I met Dwight Eisenhower when he was a general. George Bush senior. I haven't met Bill Clinton or George W. Bush, although I got a letter from him.

In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country.

Having served in the Nixon Administration, I am well aware of how the political leadership of an administration can try to politicize the civil service, including law enforcement.

Nixon did not anticipate the extent to which Kissinger, whom he barely knew when he appointed him national-security adviser in 1969, would be envious and high-strung - a maintenance project of the first order.

It was so interesting to discover Nixon was a Californian. I always think Nixon should come from a cold place.

Self-destruction is such an interesting thing for a dramatist, and what's particular to Nixon is how human the failings were that led to his downfall.

What would McCarthy, what would Nixon, what would Bill Clinton have done if they'd had Twitter?

Only Nixon could have gone to China. Anyone else would have been criticised from the Right.

The language has changed. When I grew up and watched the campaigns of John Kennedy, even with Richard Nixon, there was a lot higher level of civility. Now we describe a disagreement as an attack.

There is certainly no chance of joining the Congress.

The thing about American politics, as I've learned, is there is no choice.

People call me left of centre, they don't even know why left is called left and why right is called right. They have no clue. These are just you know jargons - created and marketed.

There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.

While I have no desire to see Mr. Obama's birth certificate, I do want to see his college transcripts.