There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In politics, there are no friends.
In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
A lot of people are in politics to make friends, too, instead of making positive change. They're worried about getting re-elected.
In politics, everybody is free to choose his friends and allies.
Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.
There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends.
The way politics divides the world is into friend and enemy.
If people wonder, yes, Hillary Clinton is my friend. She has been a friend to me and Barack and Malia and Sasha, and Bill and Chelsea have been embracing and supportive from the very day my husband took the oath of office.
I have good friends who are politicians on both sides.
In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.