Quotes About Tactics

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.

In most of my campaigns, I find it is best not to mention my opponent by name because, by doing so, it just gives him a chance to get into the headlines.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

I love hard political debate and I love beating somebody on a political point but what I'm more frustrated by is the politics where you play the man not the politics.

politics can be an ugly game, and in a national election the stakes get higher while the tactics get lower.

Fear is the politicians dance partner.

The art of politics is knowing what to do next.

Politics is a dirty business, but if you do not do politics, politics will be done to you.

When all else fails the liberals call you names or attack your personality.

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

Politics is not an exact science.

Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to win, or sit the battle out.

The Congress has historically played covert communal politics in order to create what in India we call vote banks where you pit one community against another and so on in order to secure votes.

In politics, purity is the enemy of victory.

Politics is far more complicated than physics.

It's the last best trick of a losing Democrat, is to accuse the Republicans of racism.

Hillary Clinton follows a cardinal rule in politics - don't commit to a decision before you have to.

Politics in Philadelphia is a contact sport.

In politics, as in fishing, you don't have to be a genius. You just have to be smarter than the fish.

The effective strategies in politics are ones that are so clear and obvious that people can grasp it.

Politics are not unlike war. Sometimes it is necessary to shoot from the hip.