You can't be entirely unguarded in politics. Even appearing to be unguarded is as much a facade as a reality.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
No one can be considered untouchable on political grounds.
Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.
Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are not ridiculously otherwise.
I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged.
I cannot do politics under someone else's control.
One of the things that I think you see sometimes in politics is a certain degree of caution. It's usually advised by consultants who don't want to see you march to the end of a limb.
When politicians seek to restrict political speech, it is invariably to protect their own incumbency and avoid having to defend their policies in the marketplace of ideas.
Politicians often reveal most about themselves in unguarded moments.