Politics
- John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan (born 1947), former British Home Secretary and former Chairman of Celtic F.C.
- John William Reid (1821–1881), U.S. Representative from Missouri
- John Dowsley Reid (1859–1929), Canadian parliamentarian and Cabinet minister
- John C. W. Reid (1871–?), Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, 1910–1914
- John Mercer Reid (born 1937), Information Commissioner of Canada and a former member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Sir John Reid, 2nd Baronet (1791–1867), MP for Dover, 1830–1831 and 1832–1847
- John Flaws Reid (1860–1943), Scottish-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada
- John Reid (Australian politician) (1873–1963), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“We are naïve and moralistic women. We are human beings. Who find politics a blight upon the human condition. And do not know how one copes with it except through politics.”
—Kate Millett (b. 1934)
“The average Kentuckian may appear a bit confused in his knowledge of history, but he is firmly certain about current politics. Kentucky cannot claim first place in political importance, but it tops the list in its keen enjoyment of politics for its own sake. It takes the average Kentuckian only a matter of moments to dispose of the weather and personal helath, but he never tires of a political discussion.”
—For the State of Kentucky, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Of course, in the reality of history, the Machiavellian view which glorifies the principle of violence has been able to dominate. Not the compromising conciliatory politics of humaneness, not the Erasmian, but rather the politics of vested power which firmly exploits every opportunity, politics in the sense of the “Principe,” has determined the development of European history ever since.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)