#politics

In politics stupidity is not a handicap. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#politics #stupidity

He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animated abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, who attach themselves to the idea most in fashion only to vulgarize it and who caricature every cause they serve, however sincerely. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#fyodor-dostoevsky #hipsters #ignorance #politics #wisdom

It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#america #arts #business #easier #europe

Politics, like theater, is one of those things where you've got to be wise enough to know when to leave. ↗

— Richard Lamm

#got #know #leave #like #politics

Arkansas is a state where politics is retail. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#politics #retail #state #where

Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust and quite a few of them deadly? ↗

— Lewis H. Lapham

#deadly #decisions #does #except #few

Politics is largely a matter of heart. ↗

— R. A. Butler

#largely #matter #politics

The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope. ↗

— Max Lerner

#gates #hope #into #kingdom #leads

I don't miss politics. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#miss #politics

Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year. ↗

— Mara Liasson

#advantage #anniversary #both #campaign #campaigns