“If you do have to look at polls, you should do it no more than once every few days, to get a general sense of the state of the race. I've seen the work on information overload, which makes people depressed, stressed and freezes their brains. I know that checking the polls constantly is a recipe for self-deception and anxiety.” PeopleIfsKnowsShouldLooksSelfStatesPoliticsRaceBrainInformationAnxietyDeceptionRecipesPollsStressedSelf DeceptionFreezeOverloadInformation Overload Author:David Brooks
“Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics.” ReasonPoliticalPassionPoliticsPrejudiceWittyMistakenDocumentation Author:John Mason Brown
“Diplomacy means the art of nearly deceiving all your friends, but not quite deceiving all your enemies.” MeanArtPoliticsFriendshipEnemyDeceivingDiplomacy Author:Kofi Abrefa Busia
“No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.” AttitudeVirtueInfluenceConditionsConfidenceAdversityHardshipDepressingConsentPower Of KnowledgeHardships And Success Author:William Ellery Channing
“An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.” PoliticalPoliticsHonestHonestyPoliticianDefinitionsFavouritePolitical WillPoliticians And PoliticsMoney In Politics Author:Simon Cameron
“When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it.” MeanEndsPoliticsEasyImpossiblePoliticianProveOfficeObstaclesExpertsOppositionOmnipotent Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.” PoliticsFeltPoliticianOpponentsJudgedAnimosity Author:Winston Churchill
“A politician thinks of the next election; a statement of the next generation. A politician looks for the success of his party; a statesman for that of his country. The statesman wishes to steer, while the politician is satisfied to drift.” ThinkingLooksCountryNextPoliticsWishPartyGenerationsPoliticianElectionSatisfiedStatementsNext GenerationStatesmenSteers Author:James Freeman Clarke
“It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.” LongPoliticsNosesFortunateDiplomats Author:Paul Claudel
“On Bill Clinton: I have a simple question: Who's the last President to give you a balanced budget?” GivingLastsPoliticsPresidentSimpleBillsClintonBudgetsBalancedBalanced Budget Author:William J. Clinton