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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.

Politics means competition, especially in senior positions. If you don't know that, you're not especially suited to politics.

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

If you lose, you can't lead. If you don't lead, you're irrelevant. Winning is what it's all about in politics.

You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions.

Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people participate.

Politics is a rough and tumble business. It's not for the faint-hearted. I've got bruises and cuts from being in the political arena. But by and large, I understand how to navigate the process.

I love hard political debate and I love beating somebody on a political point but what I'm more frustrated by is the politics where you play the man not the politics.

Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.

In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get votes.