"The Blair government has lowered the standing of politics and politicians in our country"

"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"

"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"

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

"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"

"Everything is politics"

"Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects"