Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.
There were days when I hated politics. But I fought against hating the people on the other side because we were all in the same business - the business of building our country's future.
After many, many years, I fell out of love with politics. It's not something I like but it's the truth.
I get no pleasure from politics; it's not in my character.
I have run across characters in my political career that have that singular focus of being someone, being in a position of power.
Politics was put in front of me. I do politics because it's the vehicle for change and because I happen to be good at it... I had this sort of calm fearlessness, that some would call foolishness.
In the '80s, Ronald Reagan inspired me to become politicized, because I grew up in that era when everything I cared about was under attack.
My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
I grew up in a household where we talked politics a lot and argued politics a lot.
I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.