Political Shifts Quotes

In politics the future is never a straight line projection of the present.

A week is a long time in politics. A month is an eternity.

Nothing in American politics is forever.

Tectonic shifts in American politics take time—often a long time.

The problem is that people are pulling farther apart, rather than make an effort to get back together. There have been remarkable moments that united this country. It makes everyone feel relieved. Then because of economic stress, political shifts, we get wrenched apart again. I think it's cyclical. I am an optimist by nature. There are moments, the period after 9/11, the way we responded. The election of Barack Obama. There are moments where the country felt good about being American. I'm waiting for that to happen again.

The world has changed profoundly since our programs were first established.

In politics, sunny days and rainy days can change very quickly.

[Thomas] Jefferson understood a timeless truth, that politics is kaleidoscopic, constantly shifting, and the morning’s foe may well be the afternoon’s friend.

A week is a long time in politics.

A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.

A lot of us were wondering, what is Trump really going to be like? He used to support Democrats and have various views earlier in his life about politics.

I do think Brexit vote speaks to the ongoing changes and challenges that are raised by globalisation.

Politics is pretty much an up and down business

Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundred years. The world will continue changing.

A week is a long time in politics.

Always history is being made; opinions attitudes and institutions change, and there is evolution in the nature of capitalism

Politics is cyclical.

Donald Trump as the nominee losing was to be the end of the Republican Party. The Democrats were gonna have basically one-party rule for 50 years, and look at what actually has happened. It's practically the reverse.

The classic rules of American politics are dying, if not dead, if you look at the last two presidential elections. An African-American could never be president until one was; a TV reality star couldn't become president until one was.

Brexit and Trump's election are forcing countries to come up with new radical ideas.