Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I hope that in my books there's an undertone of politics, basic tenets of how we should live.
Do we seek delicate phraseology in politics or other forms of public life? We do not.
I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.
Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.
So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.
There's politics in all aspects of our daily lives.
Of course, my own political beliefs inform the ideas I come up with.
No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government.
I've been in politics now for long enough to not worry about what others are saying, but instead to talk about what I believe.
Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself.