Political Path Quotes

The way to put oneself in a position to take the harder, more honorable political path is to argue for one's virtues in a vigorous way.

I wasn't one of those people who had some grand plan to become Prime Minister. I'm a normal person. When I was being foolish in my twenties, when I was at university, I wasn't thinking I was going to become an MP.

The atomic issue was a natural path into political issues.

A lot of people don't know this about me but actually I started in politics.

We just can't stay in a safe Republican seat and sit back and watch while this country goes down the wrong path.

The only way to security for Israel and a humane life for Palestinians in their own land is political. No matter where the fault for past negotiating failures lies, there is no other path.

In some future America, there could be a plausible Michael Bloomberg path to the Democratic nomination. I would love to read a column by a smart person actually attempting to persuade me of this, using evidence.

There's nothing in my background that would have said I was destined to be a senior politician.

Funnily enough, Northern Ireland is a great example of where politics can win over conflict. The decision to down arms and follow a political path would have been unthinkable once. It shows just what is possible.

The model that I'd always seen as a little boy, as a teenager, as I watched other political careers, I saw people who'd start off in local government, gain experience, move to state government, and then on to federal office. I'd always believed that kind of experience was important.