“Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.” LifePoliticalPoliticsPoliticianGloryLeisurePolitical LifeMoral Excellence Author:Aristotle
“Never lose your temper with the Press or the public is a major rule of political life.” PoliticalPoliticsLosesMajorsPressesTemperPublicityPolitical Life Author:Christabel Pankhurst
“I was dupedby the Secretary of the treasury [Alexander Hamilton], and made a fool for forwarding his schemes, not then sufficiently understood by me; and of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned the deepest regret.” MadePoliticalPoliticsRegretFoolUnderstoodErrorsSchemesSecretaryTreasuryPolitical LifeHamilton Author:Thomas Jefferson
“I confess to feeling continued ambivalence about political life, aware of its shortcomings and disappointments, but drawn back to it again and again because of its infinite promise. Justice can triumph, wrongs can be righted, and pain can be alleviated, if the right fix is found. The optimistic illusion that one can change the world is difficult to resist, especially when from time to time that illusion is sustained by even a hint of reality. Change does happen in the political process.” IfsWorldDoeFeelingsRealityHappensPainPoliticalFoundPoliticsProcessDifficultJusticePromiseIllusionInfiniteDisappointmentOptimisticTriumphChanging The WorldAgain And AgainHintsShortcomingsPolitical LifeAmbivalence Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.” LifeStatesPoliticalOrderPoliticsPartyProgressPoliticianHealthyElementsReformStabilityPolitical LifeStable Life Author:John Stuart Mill