Politics
- William White (MP for Lymington) (died 1594), MP for Lymington
- William White (MP) (1606–1661), MP for Clitheroe in 1660
- William White (Secretary of State) (1762–1811), North Carolina Secretary of State, 1798–1811
- William White (Canadian politician), elected member of the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories, 1883–1885
- Sir William Arthur White (1824–1891), British diplomat
- William J. White (1850–1923), United States Representative from Ohio
- Sir William Thomas White (1866–1955), Canadian politician and Cabinet minister
- Bill White (Canadian politician) (1915–1981), first Black Canadian to run for provincial or federal political office in Canada
- Bill White (Texas politician) (born 1954), former mayor of the city of Houston (Texas, USA) and a candidate for the Texas gubernatorial election in 2010
- William Henry White (politician) (1865–1930), Canadian Member of Parliament from Alberta
- William White (New Zealand politician) (1849–1900), New Zealand Member of Parliament
- William White (jurist) (1822–1883), Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio and Ohio Supreme Court judge
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“I believe you to be a brave and a skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“I have come to the conclusion that the closer people are to what may be called the front lines of government ... the easier it is to see the immediate underbrush, the individual tree trunks of the moment, and to forget the nobility the usefulness and the wide extent of the forest itself.... They forget that politics after all is only an instrument through which to achieve Government.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“Our democracy, our culture, our whole way of life is a spectacular triumph of the blah. Why not have a political convention without politics to nominate a leader who’s out in front of nobody?... Maybe our national mindlessness is the very thing that keeps us from turning into one of those smelly European countries full of pseudo-reds and crypto-fascists and greens who dress like forest elves.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)