Politics swings like a pendulum.

I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.

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.

I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister.

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.