"The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency." ― Theodore Roosevelt Topic(s): Politics More From Theodore Roosevelt "I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man." "Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it." "The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead." More In Politics "Anyone in politics would like to have great economic numbers."― Terry McAuliffe "Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives, I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the ’04 elections is that politics is a word game."― Eric Liu "In human life, economics precedes politics or culture."― Park Geun-hye