Political Stress Quotes

Politics is such a torment that I would advise everyone I love not to mix with it.

Being president does seem a lot more stressful than being vice president.

During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected

Oh my God, don't ever start a political party. It's exhausting.

Every election is hectic.

The pressures of being an MP mean free time is a very rare luxury.

To be a politician must not be a pleasure always.

By the end of 'Game Change,' one feels that the candidates' few happy moments are those when they 'lose it.'

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

The bottom line is that the impacts of climate change can exacerbate resource competition, threaten livelihoods, and increase the risk of instability and conflict, especially in places already undergoing economic, political, and social stress.

Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.

I think it's very, very hard not to go slightly crazy if you're in the top in politics - especially if you're there for a long time.

I just worry a lot. I'm a worrier. Michelle and Barack are really dear to me. I mean, I love them. And I don't want to see them get hurt. Just the nature of politics is hurtful. So every time they are hurt, I get hurt. It's a lot to ask of people, and it's a lot to see your friends go through. It's hard not to get emotional.

With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses.

Politics can not only be drudgery and Captain Queeg with the balls in his hands.

Especially being around young people, ... It helps put things in the proper perspective as you return back to the chaos of politics.

So you [Nicholas Kristof] have got this new column out, 12 steps for people who say are traumatized by the [ Donald Trump] election.

Those who warned that Gorbachev was being put under too much pressure were wrong.

[Indira Gandhi] looked tired that day, and all of a sudden I exclaimed, 'Deep down I don't envy you, and I shouldn't like to be in your place.' And she said, 'The problem is not in the problems I have, it's in the idiots around me. Democracy, you know...' I now wonder what she meant by that unfinished phrase.

I'm afraid I'm elected.

For many Americans - many humans - Trump's presidency can often feel unbearable.

It is my experience that the best way to deal with American politics is 50 milligrams of Zoloft 3 times a day.

There's nothing that can put more strain on a relationship than running for office.

I used to sit on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue and wonder why the Senate was always going into recess, until in my first year I realized how intense the pressure was.

Political stress is always apt to shrink the private arena and attach it on to the public