Nothing is more dangerous that the politician who uses politics as a surrogate for an unsatisfactory personal life.
In a democracy, dynasty politics is wrong. We need to free the state and nation from it.
No nation was ever drunk when wine was cheap.
Put temptation on the unenjoyment line.
The survival rate of Dr Burton's patients approximately doubled the maximum survival rate of conventionally treated patients. Had these findings pertained to a chemotherapy drug instead of IAT, massive amounts of funding would have been allocated to investigate the drug. Once again, the politics of cancer barred a potentially valuable treatment from reaching the public.
The world of politics is divided between people who are introverts - who lose a little bit of energy out of each interaction they have so that by the time the day ends, after 1,000 interactions, they're exhausted - and people like Bill Clinton who are extroverted - who get a little bit of energy from each interaction.
I am in politics because I have a strong belief in the equal worth of every child.
In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.
Education ought to foster the wish for truth, not the conviction that some particular creed is the truth.
The proof of liberal virtue is generousity with other people's money.
I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
I was not only the first woman to become secretary of state, I was the first [U. S. ] secretary of state of the 21st century. I was the first secretary of state to own a Web site, to visit Internet cafes, and to make Internet access a part of policy.
The purification of politics is an iridescent dream.
My country tis of thee, to take swings at each other on talk show TV.
Revolutions never go backward.
The big problem is to find suitable hats. I don't care for them all that much, but you have to wear them in politics.
Never underestimate the ego of a politician.
Reiterating the belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS is an easy thing to do. Understanding the science and politics of the situation is much more complicated and requires study with a critical and open mind.
Women have more to prove than men when it comes to politics.
I have been fortunate to work in places where people have a passion for their work. At HHS the passion sort of exceeds passion - it's a vocation. . . . I obviously knew that there were certainly some challenges that I would be taking on both with the work and the politics. [But] I probably did not have the right expectation level with regard to the number and volume of crises that would occur.