Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust and quite a few of them deadly?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
Politics means facing up to hard choices and facing down prejudice, short-termism, the easy, tempting court of knee-jerk public reaction.
Politics is the most corrupt profession on Earth, no matter where you are.
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.
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.
Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Politics is activity in relation to power.
The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.