Frank Lautenberg Quotes

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

In this game of politics, it's always kind of blame.

The art of politics is to design a solution that feels painless to all.

The dominant color of politics is gray; difficult choices and compromise are required at almost every step of the journey toward a major new program.

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable, the art of the next best.

House Speaker John Boehner and presumed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell understand the art of politics.

The Republican leadership thinks the best way to avoid losing elections is to let the Democrats win every controversial issue.

I understand the politics of Washington, D.C. You need to hold firm, you need to work with your colleagues, and you need to throw elbows.

Politics takes patience, time, listening and endless meetings.

What the 1990s taught the Clinton veterans was that you could 'triangulate' with a GOP-controlled Congress.

A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough.

The art of politics is knowing what to do next.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

As I've learned in my time in the state legislature, important legislation is always a work in progress.

War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.

It's one thing to earnestly try but fail to bring the two sides together. Though Democrats will deny it, that was the case with George W. Bush.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

Politics isn't just about doing the right thing. It's also about winning.

Politics is like football ... Sometimes you have to punt.

Politics is not longer about argument of discussions it is about trying to put your opponents into the box of the untouchables.

He had no gifts for the compromises with human frailty which alone can grease the wheels of politics.

When you are President you have to get something done, and that often means compromise.

Politics is not like a teeter totter. Just because one party goes down, it does not mean that they other party goes up.

The art of government is the art of negotiating and compromise.