Nicholas Gonzalez Quotes

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 started thinking about getting into politics when David Cameron became leader.

Mamata Banerjee was the reason for me joining politics.

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 became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-election campaign in California and became part of his administration at the start of his second term.

I don't have to be in politics.

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

Without the political parties and the volunteering work of their members day in, day out, we would have a very different sort of politics and society.

I'm only sort of a politician.

I'm not a politician or political animal.

I don't see myself in the political realm.

I'm not in politics.

I have no political aspirations. That's it.

I hate politics. I like to write about it, but to get involved in it, to try and make a lot of ignorant people do what you want them to do, waste of time. Go and write a book. It's more important and it'll last longer.

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.

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.

I was always fascinated by politics, and I did not like the direction the country was going under Bill Clinton.

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

I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.

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

When I was very young and came into politics, I basically thought ideas would do the trick.

I like to be involved in politics. I like to be involved in government. I've been in politics all my life. I would like to remain in government. I don't think that's so sinister.

I'm not giving up politics entirely - I'm just giving up leadership of a political party.

No one in my family had ever been in politics. My dad thought it was something that got in the way.