Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
The most successful politician is he who says what everybody is thinking most often and in the loudest voice.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.