Kevin Hassett Quotes

Politicians are not the most reflective people in the world.

I think politics often seems remote, and anything we can do to show more of the workings - how you make the sausage - is useful.

But just because I hate the Conservatives doesn't mean I'm gonna tell people to vote for the party I want. Inform yourself on what the parties stand for and make your own decision.

I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues.

It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world.

One of the things that you have trouble with politicians, particularly in Washington, is when you get mad at them and you can't touch them; you can't punch them; you can't yell at them.

Am I a liberal or conservative? I'm neither. Like most Americans, I find politics very frustrating. Like most Americans, I'd like to hear from politicians the facts. That is what drives me.

There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.

There are always choices in politics.

Especially among journalists, politics is not a pursuit that's held in high esteem. We tend to be cynical about it - but I actually believe in democracy.

No, you see, unlike some interviewers, I love politics... overall I am not anti-politicians at all. I recognise they are more important than me.

I've got genuine political reasons for not voting for David Cameron. He's got a tiny little mouth.

Politics for me is when I feel a personal engagement between people: I don't trust politicians.

Regardless of how people love to deride politicians, democracy is not an easy gig. My decisions, views and heartfelt principles are dismissed by so many as careerist, opportunist or attention-seeking.

Unlike the general public, I rather like most politicians.

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

As Liberal Democrats and proponents of federalism, we must put our heads above the parapet and recapture and disseminate the true meaning of federalism. We have to win the vocabulary before we succeed in the vision.

I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before.

I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.

I find politicians so desperately boring. I don't trust them and don't believe in them.

I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

I think if more members of Congress would talk about what they see and what they want to do and what they want to accomplish, rather than talking about their opponent, we would begin to shape and reshape American public opinion on what the political world looks like.

I don't know anything about politics. I wouldn't put too much into my prediction on politics.

This was the way I was brought up to think of politics, that politics was to do with ethics, it was to do with responsibility, it was to do with service, so I think I was conditioned to think like that, and I'm too old to change now.