Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership. ”

I'm not sure the people who are voting for Trump want to be pulled together with the people who are voting for Clinton and vice versa. ”

When one has retired from the ranks of American domestic political consulting, as I have, you are not really allowed to just quit. You become emeritus, of counsel, senior status, and God knows what. ”

If a statesman is one who looks to the next generation and a politician one who looks to the next election, a political consultant must be one who looks to the next tracking poll. ”

I have people ask me if I'm going to convince my daughters to be Democrats, and I say, 'I have yet to convince my daughters to close a door.' I don't how in the world I would ever convince them to be in a political affiliation. ”

Over the course of history, governments, political regimes, and leaders have done some stupid things despite all arguments to the contrary, at times even against their own self-interest. ”

Right-wingers don't want public education to succeed. ”

During my time as a political strategist, one of the most vexing problems was figuring out why so many people vote against their perceived interests. ”

I was a little-known political consultant until Bill Clinton made me. When he came upon hard times, I felt it my duty - whatever my personal misgivings - to stick by him. ”

Anybody who has political ambition has an Achilles heel. ”