Michael Korda Quotes

It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.

The best, most interesting years of my life were spent in government and politics.

Prime Minister Abe's top-level relation-building is tremendous. I can't do the same.

Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked.

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

Well, Bill, I don't think you're going to find many shy people that are in the political business.

In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change.

I knew Barack Obama, absolutely. And I knew him probably as well as thousands of other Chicagoans.

My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.

I'd always admired the intellectuals who had made the transition into politics - Mario Vargas Llosa in Peru, Vaclav Havel in the Czech Republic, Carlos Fuentes in Mexico - but I knew that many of them had failed, and in any event, I wasn't exactly in their league.

Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for my help on the campaign. We've sat and had dinner, and we've spoken on the phone. He's a very sharp guy. Very charming. Very cool.

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

My father [Pandit Nehru] was a statesman. I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.

Lunched with Jack Kennedy, the new Senator from Massachusetts. He has the making of a first-class Senator or a first-class fascist.

A man’s got to walk if he is going to be in politics.

I definitely envision myself in politics at some point.

I have no political aspiration.

I am joining politics for sure.

I could really see myself in politics. Who knows?

I don't see myself as a political figure.

My father was prime minister, and to take care of his home, to be his hostess, automatically meant to have my hands in politics - to meet people, to know their games, their secrets.

I wanted to be a senator from Illinois. I was obsessed with politics. My dad was friends with a lot of local politicians, so I would hang out with them on Election Day and hand out buttons. Somehow, even though they were opposite, I loved Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. I thought they were the coolest guys!

I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work! I don't really have the personality for that.

I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to make the team.

I don't have to be in politics.