Andrew Dominik Quotes

Three people marooned on a desert island would soon reinvent politics.

It’s going to take some give and take from the House Judiciary Chairman who doesn’t like to give and only likes to take.

Politics begins when you have two people in a room or when you have one person looking in a mirror.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.

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

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

Every combination of two or more human beings has both a useful aspect and a political aspect.

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

Joint committees are heat generators rather than light producers.

Politics is the science of the second best.

Politics is who gets what, when, how.

What is politics, after all, but the compulsion to preside over property and make other people's decisions for them?

Ideology isn’t driving the dynamic in Washington, it’s the desire to stay in power.

When a rising power confronts a ruling power, bad things usually happen.... This is what happens when an extablished entity faces an upstart.... To avoid a disasterous clash like war, both parties have to make an adjustment, but the ruling power has to make more painful adjustments.

The NBA is going to do what they want to do. They're going to do what's best for them; not what's best for us.

Having three kids at home is sometimes like dealing with Democrats and Republicans when you're choosing a restaurant.

Half of this business is politics. As real estate developers, it's our job to go in there and get beat up.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

Politics is the art of realizing what there is to realize.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.