In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One of my unique features as a politician is that I am so blunt and so forthright, and I put my cards on the table to such a degree people aren't used to, that there's nothing left to hide.
What could be more convincing, moreover, than the gesture of laying one's cards face up on the table?
I'm not like a poker player. I'm not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I'm intending to go. My cards are always on the table.
Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.
Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to win, or sit the battle out.
I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.
There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.
I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table.
I've gotten to believe it's more fun to play politicians than actually be them.
The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life.