Barry Gardiner Quotes

If often happens too, both in courts and in cabinets, that there are two things going on together,--a main plot and an under-plot; and he that understands only one of them will, in all probability, be the dupe of both. A mistress may rule a monarch, but some obscure favorite may rule the mistress.

In Washington, the ostensible story is rarely the real story.

Schemes within schemes. The Great Serpent is a good sign for you Aes Sedai, I think. Someday you may swallow yourselves by accident.

Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people.

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

Secrecy is the foundation of politics.

The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.

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

Every policy is shaped by two forces: background analysis and foreground politics. The political forces are loud, self-serving and, in the case of energy policy, well known.

I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics.

When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.

Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.

There is a circus around politics. But if you think it is a game, then you forget what the purpose of politics actually is.

Everything is politics.

Because I live and work in Washington, D.C., I have a ringside seat at the world capital of The Persuasive Arts, or, as I like to call it, The Opinions Racket.

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.

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

In conspiracies, men who know what they wanted commonly ended by controlling the men who did not.

Under every stone lurks a politician

Government is not an exact science.

Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks.

The last thing you want is to have to make a decision for political purposes.

Washington is not a geographical entity, it is a state of mind.... People understand how Cleveland works. They even understand how New York City works, but they can't figure Washington out.

Politics is not a game. It exists to resolve the largest questions of the society.

Politics is the science of the vital interests of States in the highest sphere.