Robert Harris Quotes

There seem to me to be very few facts, at least ascertainable facts, in politics.

When it comes to politics, there's never a certain yes or no to any situation.

There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.

There is never just one way in politics.

My theory on politics is no one really knows how it works, so I choose not to comment on stuff too outside of my league.

I don't agree with everything that any of our political leaders say or believe - that's going to happen sometimes.

I'm not into sports, and politics is kind of my sport. I love talking about it and debating it and getting into it. I also think people on both sides of the aisle have real exaggerated, incorrect views of the other side, and that is fascinating to me.

I don't like to really dive too deep into politics.

Making sense of a political moment when you're in the midst of it is difficult: even if you avoid commercial and personal conflicts, it can still be hard to see it and understand it.

I can't go out with a Republican.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

Politics is a love-hate relationship. I sure know that.

I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.

And as an American colleague said to me several months ago, he said, 'I think the challenge in Jordan - and, again, this is for the rest of the Middle East - we need to define what center is. And once we can define what center is to a Jordanian, then we can decide what's left and what's right of that.

As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum.

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.

For Democrats, nothing is any less complex than a 'West Wing' episode.

Does politics have to be injected into everything?

I don't like to talk about politics. If you say you're a Democrat, that'll turn off Republicans, and that's half of your fan base.

The term “democratic” is often used merely as a term of praise or ridicule among various political factions. One person or faction is described as either democratic or undemocratic, depending on whether its supporters or detractors are speaking.

Politics are not an exact science.

I have been amazed to see how unrealistic are the bases for political opinion in general. Only rarely have I found a person who has chosen any particular political party—democratic or totalitarian—through study and comparison of principles.

He loved politicians—even Republicans

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don’t talk politics.

In politics, good gets better; bad gets worse.