James Stockdale Quotes

I don't think I can remember a moment in my life where people didn't discuss politics. People discuss politics at the table.

I enjoy talking about politics a great deal.

Governor Romney is a good debater.

But I guess as long as I'm here, we might as well talk a little politics.

When candidate Donald Trump said things that I didn't necessarily agree with, I would call him on it.

Politics was sort of a way of life in our family.

Issues are a problem for politicians most of the time; the reason is that somebody won't like what you say when you start talking issues.

Very often in political debate questions of fact turn into questions of motive.

A few weeks ago, I was at the gym, talking to a friend about politics. Overhearing the conversation, a young man - maybe 25 years old - interrupted to say, 'Obama? He hasn't done a single thing!'

The only thing about politics I do discuss is, be into them: Read what's online. Read what the candidates are talking about. Try to understand why people are fighting over what the candidates are standing for.

There's one thing my dad taught me: don't talk about politics, because you'll never make anyone happy. Don't even go for it.

When people don't like my politics, I am happy to have a political discussion with them.

As a politician, I should expect sharp challenge from those who disagree with my decisions.

I grew up in a family that was always talking about politics.

A friend asked one of my daughters, "Do you like politics?" And my daughter said, "No, I don't. And the reason I don't like it is because there's too much fighting, too much yelling. It's so loud, I don't like it." You know, I turned to my friend and I said, "You know, she's really on to something."

It's no secret that I've become known for my strong political views.

Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

I'm not a great deep political thinker.

I follow politics in a big way, and always have since I was a kid. I've got opinions, but they're opinions on both sides - not just anti-Republican, which is a real popular thing for a rap artist to do. If you dis Republicans, nobody will get mad. I think the two-party system sucks. It's absolutely ignorant.

In college, I was a fiercely committed Democrat - a meeting with Jack Kemp, then Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, challenged my blind partisanship.

I'm obsessed with politics, and I talk about it any chance I can get. I have strong opinions about how the world should be run.

I would like to never ever think about any political issues.

There are 435 members of Congress. There's one 'Morning Joe' show. Hopefully, we can keep hammering the argument that you can disagree with other people and have debates but remain civil.

I don't agree with the Tories on most things.

I'm not into politics.