Jay Rockefeller Quotes

Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power.

There are no techniques in politics.

A political place with no power, only influence, is not to my taste.

Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegates to Vice President Joe Biden and other lesser sorts.

All politicians are to some extent salesmen.

You can’t win if you don’t play. The people who get involved in politics are more likely to get their way.

If you're going to get into the political business, you've got to be intensively competitive.

'The Means' is about power. I have access to political insiders who helped me write a portrait of the real day-to-day in politics, which turned out to be crazier than Wall Street.

There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

Politics and acting are very closely tied. The job is to convince.

Politics is about realities, not logic.

Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies.

Sarah Palin has managed to use her failed vice presidential run to put herself in a position of power and influence. Joe Biden won the race and he hasn't been able to put himself in a position of power and influence.

Political leaders normally act by making convincing speeches.

The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.

The problem with politics isn't the money; it's the power.

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.

By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be greater than mortal in some way, and that's led them into creating illusions, sound bites, focus groups that tell you what to do.

The writing is all done, so it's all about verbalizing everything from point A to point B, and certainly there's a bit of politics involved, so it's a different thing.

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

Absolutely. I think that this is - politics is a tough business. I describe it as a full contact sport. You have to be prepared to get in there and mix it up.

In politics you learn to always smile.

I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.

I had the vocation for politics. What I didn't have was any aptitude for political combat. I took the attacks personally, which is a great mistake. It's never personal: It's just business. It was ever thus.

I'm not in the business of politics.