I'm fascinated by political enthusiasm.
I never considered politics as an option, not ever.
What's gratifying about West Wing is that everybody told us that it couldn't be done - that the man or woman on the street didn't care about politics. But if you set things up correctly, people don't have a problem with it.
I never think about politics more than 18 hours a day.
I've watched presidential debates since I was a teen, and I love it.
I don't know why, but I've had an interest and passion for politics.
I think I'm pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN.
I always had a respect and an admiration for people who got into politics. I certainly have always been interested in law and political science.
That's always been the case in America; there's been a big spectrum in how much people are interested in American politics.
Modi doesn't seem to be interested in Odisha. I certainly feel that.
My father was not a political animal.
I wouldn't say I'm a political junkie. I follow it. I read a few articles every day.
Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington.
I believe being a good senator requires two things. Number one, acumen. Number two, interest.
Politics is in my blood.
Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?
I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office.
I knew who Buckley and Vidal were growing up, being a political junkie.
I have a huge political interest. I just wish I had the courage to come into politics in India.
I've never bought the argument that people are apathetic about politics.
I don't take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more.
Political interest [can] never be separated in the long run from moral right.
I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did.
I always wanted to become president! When I was a kid, I was obsessed with politics.
I was always fascinated by politics, and I was exposed to it quite a lot.
