“Politics is the art of the next best.”– Otto von Bismarck Related Quotes “Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.”– Jesse Ventura “Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.”– Polly Toynbee “The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal – that you can gather votes like box tops – is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.”– Adlai E. Stevenson