Politics, after all, is largely about power. And power goes to the core of our issues of control and narcissism and need to be right and tendency to divide the human race into 'us' vs. 'them.'
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Politics is activity in relation to power.
Power is not just political. It can be cultural; it can be spiritual.
When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.
Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.
Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.
They politics like ours profess, the greater prey upon the less.
Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.
Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.