Dark Politics Quotes

The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights from time to time.

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb.

Merlin is really at the forefront, in that regard. We get a glimpse into the dark, Machiavellian corridors of power. I like the fact that, although he has powers, his powers are almost in his political guile as much as what he relies on, in darker forces.

I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious ... I am for secret, dark debates.

Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix, Of crooked counsels and dark politics.

I am sick and tired of the negative, dark, divisive dangerous vision and behavior of people who support Donald Trump.

I'm undereducated in politics, and I don't like to involve myself in them because they have dark spaces that I do not want to touch.

Generally, it's not good to be engaged directly with the political system unless you are qualified. It's a very depressing business, the way politics works. You get stuck into it, but then, at some point, you have to walk away. I had to walk away, because it's like this dark, black energy void. There are some people who have dedicated their lives to living in that energy void, but I can't do it. I just can't go there. It feels like you're treading water too much when you do. It's a crazy thing.

Sex and money always prowl in the penumbra of power.

Politics right now is in a very dark place, and I think the only place for me is to do what I do - make films, create art, watch it as it evolves. Right now it's like Humpty Dumpty sitting on a wall, and a great fall is happening. The behavior seems to be really dumb.