“The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.”
“I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.”
“A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.”
“The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.”