Harvey Milk Quotes

Politics is having one foot in a fire and using the other foot to keep off the people who are trying to push you the rest of the way in.

The only game [Vladimir] Putin can play is to establish a lifelong dictatorship in the country, at first de facto and finally also de jure. In this case, [Dmitri] Medvedev is an interim figure bound to assist Putin in his plan to guarantee a smooth transition to a new term in office.

In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.

If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for with his money the government can, and will, hire soldiers to stand over him, compel him to submit to its arbitrary will, and kill him if he resists.

There are no techniques in politics.

Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.

Politics is a blood sport.

The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.

The hardest thing in most Ottawa men's [politicians] pants is their cellular phone.

Politics and strategy are one.

There are little games that go on in politics.

In politics things change, in politics timing is important, and in politics, how I move, I don't tell you.

Even the most ardent Obama supporter can't, in good conscience or sound mental state, argue that President Obama has changed the way Washington works. He's just played the game a little better, if you're being charitable on how you keep score on that count.

The truth is liberals are using every tactic possible to drown the Trump presidency.

I have a personal belief that you never have to give up liberty for security. You can still provide security without sacrificing our Bill of Rights.

In politics, love is a stranger, and when it intrudes upon it nothing is being achieved except hypocrisy.

Only I keep wishing I could think of a way...to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

If the game is designed for you to lose, don't play that game. Play a different one.

Politics? Ha! You couldn't get into politics. You couldn't get in anywhere. You couldn't even get in the men's room at the Astor!

I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.

I'm not just some butterfly for you to catch.

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

Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.

Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy.

Some are arguing that the Democrats should resist at every turn [to Donald's Trump administration], and some Democrats are saying that's the strategy that Democrats should now employ.