Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
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A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
I've always viewed politics the following way: if you do a good job at the job you're doing, you'll have opportunities to do other things in the future. Maybe things you never envisioned.
Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.
Politics is the art of realizing what there is to realize.
All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.
Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that has its conditions and its limits.
Politics is activity in relation to power.
The art of politics is knowing what to do next.
Politics requires the sense of possibility. Dare I say it - the audacity of hope.
There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.
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