Politics Sayings and Quotes

Love it or hate them or hate them, politics play a large role in shaping society. For some, politicians are seen as disingenuous people seeking power, for others they represent solutions to community ills. Decide which side you’re on with the collection of wise and humorous politics quotes below.

POwer draws he corrupted; absolute power would draw the absolutely corrupted. Colin Barth
Politicians are people who, when they see the light at the end of a tunnel, order more tunnel. Sir John Quinton
There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money...and I can't remember what the other one is. F. Paul Wilson
A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterward to explain why it didn't happen. Winston Churchill
Being in Politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important. Eugene McCarthy
In politics, guts is all. Barbara Castle
The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible. Hillary Clinton
Politics is made up of to words; 'poli,' which is Greek for 'many,' and 'tics' which are blood-sucking insects Gore Vidal
The game of politics is to make you afraid so that you don't think. Michelle Obama
A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate. Eric Idle
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. Texas Guinan
Politician is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. Robert Louis Stevenson
He knows nothing, and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. George Bernard Shaw
Politics is not a game. It's an earnest business. Winston Churchill
It is a fine game to play— the game of politics— and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging. Winston Churchill
There is no gambling like politics. Benjamin Disraeli
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics, there is no honour. Benjamin Disraeli
Politics are like a labyrinth, from the inner intricacies of which it is even more difficult to find the way of escape than it was to find the way into them. William E. Gladstone
Politics is like waking up in the morning. You never know whose head you will find on the pillow. Winston Churchill
Political elections... are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste. Will Rogers
A politician is like a quicksilver, if you try to put your finger on him, you find nothing under it. Austin O'Malley
Politics are almost as exciting as war and quite as dangerous. Sir Winston Churchill
Politics without compromise is like a car without a gearbox; it can look quite elegant but you won't get anything out of it. Neil Kinnock
If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs. Peter Medawar