Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
We now have a political process, we've had a period of parties that have been fighting each other quite literally with bombs and bullets, talking to each other, and having sat together in the assembly and sharing government with each other.
Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.
Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
War is the continuation of politics by other means.
Once a conflict has dragged on for a decade, most people are tired of war - and the troubles that flow from it.
We're living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First World War, but with equally tragic realities for our soldiers and their families.
We often fight wars with our young.
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.
Political life is like a big wheel: constantly turning. At times you are up, at times down. But always, the wheel keeps moving.