Political Nuance Quotes

I don't believe all Republicans are bad.

Well Mr. President, it isn’t quite as simple as that.

It is important to have a President who not only understands, but enjoys complexity

Exploring Castro's pawns in Cuba and exposing anything negative also makes you a pawn to all his enemies 90 miles away. Both sides don't have much of a track record for nuance of opinion.

We conservatives don't have a corner on saying 'no'. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to say.

I'm not very keen for doves or hawks. I think we need more owls.

I guess nobody assumes anybody is a libertarian. It's a more complex political discussion than most people are used to, to explain why you think the way you do about public education or drug laws, and why it's not as simple as being for or against something.

When we say, 'Look, Donald Trump was a friend to hip hop back in the day; so was Bill Clinton,' It doesn't mean that because he was a friend to hip hop back in the day, that the same Bill Clinton wasn't at the lead of this mass incarceration of African Americans today.

Sometimes in politics “yes” means “maybe” and “no” means “if.”

I am a political person, though not with a big P.

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

I think one of the problems when we discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict is people talk too much in terms of, 'What's your preference?,' like politics is a Chinese menu - I'll take one from column A and two from column B. That's not what politics is about.

Most American want their politicians to support the right of abortion but they don’t want them to be too enthusiastic about it.

People like to think about MPs in very crass terms: you're either an uber-loyalist babe, or you're a rebel. There isn't any grown-up room to be thoughtful. There isn't space in public debate for that.

I'm a typical Maryland legislator. I've voted both ways on the issue.

British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.

I have made it clear that I am supporting Modi for his work. This does not mean that I am supporting BJP.

As I've said repeatedly, Republicans are very good at describing things in black and white; Democrats are very good at describing the 11 shades of gray.

I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in me, as far as the gun debate. I wish there were no guns; I'm all for gun restrictions. But I'm also of the mind-set, if nothing changes, I'm getting a gun.

There was the slow discovery for me in the early '80s that Republicans are people too... That Republicans are perfectly reasonable people... and that Republicans can be right about something.

I try to shy away from labels and focus on the issues.

I reject the idea there are just two sides. I think that with the amount of ideas and thoughts there are, it's not even going to be consistent with the same person. People can hold liberal and conservative dogma points at the same time. They're not living their lives via platforms. They're living their lives. The whole thing is an awfully tired construct.

A ruler isn't always straight.

Before you can begin to think about politics at all, you have to abandon the notion that there is a war between good men and bad men.

Writers and journalists tend to be simplistic about politics when, like all other areas of life, it's more complicated.