The enemy is not just terrorism. It is the threat posed specifically by Islamist terrorism by Bin Ladin and others who draw on a long tradition of extreme intolerance within a minority strain of Islam that does not distinguish politics from religion and distorts both.

I detest politics to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty.

I don't know why that is but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure.

A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

I don't really like labels in politics but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism.

I voted for Barack because he was black. 'Cuz that's why other folks vote for other people - because they look like them... That's American politics pure and simple.

Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.

African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obama's left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

At present our country needs women's idealism and determination perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.

Nobody likes you know the ugly parts of politics.

The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out do not vote or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.

In politics merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised like a target to a position to be fired at.

And yet there are still people in American politics who for some reason cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there.

A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along?

A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.