Negative politics have always been around.

The fallback position in politics is if you don't know what you want to be about and if you don't know what your vision is go at somebody else.

Look there ought to be politics in politics.

If you really want to diminish a candidate depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself.

We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.

Politics is not about power.

Politics is not about money.

It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to fully develop his or her full potential. This is why we take precious time out of our lives and give it to politics.

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers but I finally chose politics.

If there is one eternal truth of politics it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.

When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.

But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money.

There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.

Politics is the art of the possible.

Politics ruins the character.

Politics is the art of the next best.

I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people not chairs and positions.

You know rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know 'He's the rock star of politics ' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world.

Well the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.

Well purity - there's no purity in politics.

It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?