Political Knowledge Quotes

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 know the good from the bad, also the in-between, but I was never political.

I'm not sophisticated when it comes to politics, when it comes to journalism.

I think that most people who complain about our government have no idea what they're talking about because they've never been to a country with a bad government.

The Presidents who have gone to Washington without first having held some national office have been at great disadvantage. It takes them a long time to become acquainted with the Federal office-holders and the Federal Government.

I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history.

Poor Rahul Gandhi doesn't know the ABCD of Karnataka politics.

We're a small office and I don't have any room for nice political people who don't know anything about drugs.

I think it's true that Mike Pence, having been a politician for much longer than President Trump, certainly has a measured way of answering questions.

Political elites vote in a more partisan fashion than the mass public; this tendency, too, follows a curve. The more you know, the more likely you are to vote in an ideologically consistent way, not just following your party but following a set of constraints dictated by a political ideology.

I know Obama knows better than George W. Bush.

Talent is really important in politics, but experience is also really important.

Democracy doesn't work unless people are well informed, and I don't know that we are. People just don't have the time. Most people's daily lives are just about surviving. Most people don't have time to really study [crucial] issues.

I think I'm pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN.

In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.

I'm not interested in politics, or being a part of them. I definitely do my homework and make sure that I know what's going on, and I'm responsible enough to be able to vote for people that I respect. But other than that, I've never been a part of the political world.

Most people who call themselves conservatives can't explain the American value system.

I often think about my dad. He couldn't name you half the government ministers but it doesn't mean that he hasn't got an opinion.

In presidential campaigns, experience as a candidate is an invaluable asset.

I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.

I would say my weakness is the political encyclopedia, but I don't think it matters that much for what Trump needs.

You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside interests gives.

I'm not a policy wonk - I'm somewhere between being undecided and a surrogate.

The House is composed of very good men, not shining, but honest and reasonably well-informed, and in time will be found to improve, and not much inferior in eloquence, science, and dignity, to the British Commons. They are patriotic enough, and I believe there are more stupid (as well as more shining) people in the latter, in proportion.

Having studied politics doesn't necessarily give you political nous.