In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.
I’m not really interested in politics, because I think it’s just too removed from my own life. If there’s a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what’s happening.
It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.
First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It’s also about politics.
Talk politics, talk about study and talk positively.
There is in fact no such thing as art for art’s sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.