"I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister"

"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way"

"Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first"

"You do the policy, I'll do the politics"

"In politics, an organized minority is a political majority"

"There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose"

"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians"

"Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth"

"Everything is politics"

"Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you"

"Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one"