Politics is a matter of leading other people. Admittedly not where they want to go, but where they ought to go.

政治是领导他人的问题。诚然，不是他们想去哪里，而是他们应该去哪里。

Politics is about people, not politicians.

政治是人的事，不是政客的事。

Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.

政治就是让自己处于优雅的状态。

Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to win, or sit the battle out.

政治就是要赢。如果你没有赢，你就不能把你的原则付诸实践。因此，想办法赢得胜利，或者坐以待毙。

Politics is activity in relation to power.

政治是与权力有关的活动。

Politics is all about showing you have integrity—and hiding the fact that you really don’t have any.

政治就是展示你的正直——并掩盖你确实没有正直的事实。

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

政治是一种信仰的行为;你必须对公众的智力和道德能力表现出某种信心。

Politics is applesauce.

政治是苹果酱。

Politics is applied biology.

政治是应用生物学。

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

政治不过是共同的脉搏跳动，革命不过是狂热的痉挛。

Politics is compromise.

政治是妥协。

Politics is cyclical.

政治是周期性的。

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

政治是人;它是加法而不是减法。

Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.

政治太严肃，不能太严肃;同样，它也有许多可笑之处，令人惋惜。

Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.

政治从来不是一场胜利，它只是事件无情地向前推进。