Political Presence Quotes

If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.

Jews have not only become equal citizens in Western democracies, they have become leading citizens. And, of course, the reestablishment of the State of Israel has given Jews a political presence in the world they have not had since biblical times.

The man [Richard Nixon] has no style. No style at all.

I have found that I'm just political just by being who I am.

He appeals to their imagination; I do not. He is a real vivid person whom they have seen and shouted themselves hoarse over and voted for, millions strong: I am a vague, conjectural personality, more made up of opinions and academic prepossessions than of human traits and red corpuscles.

Politics is everywhere. It's in your shirt, it's in your pants. It's everywhere.

The Conservative Party's always stood in every seat and I think it's important to us and I’m personally very pleased that we plan to continue to run candidates in Northern Ireland as well.

You have to be an extremist to believe that you're gonna be the president of the United States and your name is Barack Hussein Obama! And he's using extreme methods, but his application is very smooth. Michelle Obama is extreme, her presence is extreme. And it's an extreme good. Extreme is not negative.

Just to be seen strolling to or from a helicopter on the White House lawn, shouting an evasive answer to Sam Donaldson, must seem to the Reagans not quite satisfactory enough of a 7 PM presence, and this inane scene certainly galls the press.

I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.

I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.

Hezbollah has a presence - it is in the government, and it enjoys support in the country - but this doesn't mean that Hezbollah is in control of the entire Lebanon.

I've been hearing from people saying they see me more than they do their city council member.

There's a good lesson for policymakers: It's not the presence of the U.S. that is a problem for many people in the Arab region; it's the type of presence we bring.

Politics is not just about voting one day every four years. Politics is the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the road we walk on.

The camera is a natural attraction for a politician. And if a camera is here, we're going to be here. And we're going to say something, even if we have nothing to say.

Politics is theater. It doesn't matter if you win. You make a statement. You say, "I'm here, pay attention to me

I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.

Our message in rural America is just as powerful as it is in urban America. But because we haven't been a physical presence there in any sustained way, we have a lot of voters there who no longer believe that the Democratic Party is working for them.

On Election Day, Ralph Nader will appear on the presidential ballot in only 45 states. Yeah, Nader said, this is really disappointing, I wanted to embarrass myself in all 50 states. That was the plan.

If Democrats don't go on Fox News, it doesn't mean that people stop watching.

There's a reason why the NRA's not here. They're just down the street. And since this is the main reason they exist, you'd think that they'd be prepared to have a debate with a president.

We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear as a citizen.

From time to time, one imagined Bill Clinton had charisma, but it never really was more than an occasional false glare.

Politics is everywhere.. it is in your shirt.. in your pants.. everywhere.