If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
All the best reasons for going into politics never really change: the desire for glory and fame and the chance to do something that really matters, that will make life better for a lot of people.
In politics, not all lies are all lies. And not all truths are complete.
Half a truth is better than no politics.
Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
To do no evil is good, to intend none better.
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
Politics isn't just about doing the right thing. It's also about winning.
Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open.
We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.
There's very little reason in politics these days.