I can't believe I'm saying I'm a politician.

It is not a long-time ago that I decided to venture into politics. Just last year, it was when politics crossed my mind. I never liked politics even when I was a first lady, the time I was at state house. I remember telling my then husband that, joining politics was not my priority.

There is no way you can quickly say bye bye to politics, most especially if you are born into politics.

It's all about politics, and it's stupid.

That is a phrase I had never heard before, dear Benita. Playing politics. It is like playing war, a game for degenerates. Statesmen should not “play” politics.

Politics is not for the faint-hearted.

It's politics, sugarpeeps," I said. "It makes everybody stupid. When you grow up, you'll know what I mean.

I joined politics because somebody has got to do it, if you feel you have a reason and you think you can contribute to your community then do it. I thought I could contribute to my community and that’s the only way I can create an impact.

The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.

... if we take politics in the large and high sense in which it stands for patriotism and philanthropy, the assertion that an interest in it is out of place in the breast of the very gentlest of her sex, — in other words, that it is improper and unbecoming in a woman to take a deep interest in the affairs of her country and of humanity, — is made with more boldness and confidence, than regard to reason and truth.

Politics is not an exact science.

If you can’t come into a room and tell right away who is for you and who is against you, you have no business in politics.

6. “That’s insane,” Lanier said.
“No very. It’s politics.”

I never actively engaged in politics, never made speeches. Politics is a whore. It's too high for me. Just as I don't understand American politics, so I don't understand German politics. The only interest in politics is to get to know how to lead a life under the most favorable circumstances.