"Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it." ― Thomas Jefferson Topic(s): Politics Tags: politics, torment More From Thomas Jefferson "In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty." "For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security." "History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is." More In Politics "There is probably a perverse pride in my administration… that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion."― Barack Obama "On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life and politics."― Arthur Henderson "‘Yes’ is a far more potent word than ‘no’ in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say."― Dick Morris