N. K. Jemisin Quotes

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.

Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.

It is one of the misfortunes of our political system that parties are formed more with reference to controversies that have gone by, than to the controversies which these parties have actually to decide.

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.

A lot of guys will talk politics, but usually not about Trump. Those might get a little heated depending on who you're talking to.

If you're going to talk about politics, then there are going to be folks who are with you and folks that are against you.

politics ... is the hottest, most dangerous subject in the land. It's not only a conversation-wrecker, it's a friendship-wrecker, a family-wrecker, a job-wrecker, a future-wrecker.

If I were to run for president, then people would debate the pros and cons of what's wrong with me in increasingly aggressive 140 character tweets and Facebook status updates, and, inevitably, everyone would end up fighting.

Politics is a love-hate relationship. I sure know that.

Some say I was disappointed when President Obama won, and that is absolute nonsense.

If art is singular expression, then by nature, the best art is controversial. But when art stirs debate for reasons besides its artistic integrity, that's when things get bent.

I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.

During the summer of 2009, the debate on health care reform was emotional and intense. At its best, it represented the free exchange of ideas that makes this country great. At its worst, it generated death threats and acts of violence.

When facing the public, politicians constantly filter their ideas through a political sieve. 'How will this affect the environmentalists, labor, management?' Sometimes the sieve gets so clogged by political taboos that no new ideas pass through.

No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.

Depending on your political orientation, the Dixie Chicks are either the great defenders of free speech or American traitors.

I mean, the part you don't like, I mean, that's the only part. That's the part no one likes, and that is the criticisms, and the unfair criticisms, I might add, of my husband. But that's also just a fact of life in politics.

If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you say is hateful.

Does politics have to be injected into everything?

I'm appalled that when I talk about the neo-conservatives it's somehow twisted, some sort of a racist comment.

In America we don’t apologize for opinions, that’s why we have a 1st Amendment. If we can’t discuss even controversial opinions in the pages of our newspapers, where are we going to do it?

I would like to caution you about the use of the word “balance.” …. It a red-hot word that is divisive.

There were the hawks and doves which we have everywhere else, a phrase which I unfortunately invented. I didn't invent it: I popularized it.

Don’t get involved with any political stuff.

Trump has raised the very issues I raised in the early '90s.