The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue.

We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.

Politics is a rough and tumble business. It's not for the faint-hearted. I've got bruises and cuts from being in the political arena. But by and large, I understand how to navigate the process.

Through leadership of the fight against French colonialism, Ho Chi Minh had made a name for himself in the international political arena.

My great desire has been to remove from the political arena a question of this kind that is calculated to prevent us getting a verdict upon the important political issues that separate the two parties in this country.

The most difficult idea to reconcile in war is the notion that anything is going to be solved by killing a stranger, or in risking your life for a cause anchored in some distant political arena.