Living in Washington you can't take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to.

Living in Washington you can't take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to.

It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear…'

It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear…'

Every person has only so much attention to give and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago.

Every person has only so much attention to give and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago.

For us sons of France political sentiment is a passion while for the Englishmen politics are a question of business.

For us sons of France political sentiment is a passion while for the Englishmen politics are a question of business.

There was a widespread indignation in the American media. They were saying 'How can you make a movie during an election that's about politics? What are you doing? Are you trying to influence people's lives?' To which my response was 'Well I hope so.'

There was a widespread indignation in the American media. They were saying 'How can you make a movie during an election that's about politics? What are you doing? Are you trying to influence people's lives?' To which my response was 'Well I hope so.'

My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family.

My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family.