Politics
- Sir Adye Douglas (1815–1906), Australian lawyer and politician, and first class cricket player
- Albert B. Douglas (1912–1971), Canadian MP
- Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), British baron, politician, and prime minister
- Alexander Douglas (Orkney and Shetland), MP for Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
- Archibald Douglas (d. 1741) (Archibald Douglas 13th of Cavers), Receiver-general for Scotland and MP for Dumfries Burghs
- Archibald Douglas (1707-1778) (Lt Gen Archibald Douglas of Kirkton), MP for Dumfriesshire, Scotland
- Benjamin Douglas (1816–1894), Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
- Bob Douglas (politician) (born 1932)
- Boyd Douglas (born 1950), politician in Northern Ireland.
- Charles Douglas, 3rd Baron Douglas (1775–1848), MP for Lanarkshire, and a cricketer
- Charles Douglas (mayor) (1852–1917), Mayor of Vancouver
- Charles Douglas III (born 1942), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire and New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice
- Charles Mackinnon Douglas (1865–1924), Liberal MP for North West Lanarkshire
- Denzil Douglas (born 1953), Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis
- Dick Douglas (born 1932), Scottish politician
- Emily Taft Douglas (1899 — January 28, 1994), American politician, wife of Paul Douglas (below)
- Emmitt Douglas (1926–1981), president of the Louisiana NAACP from 1966–1981
- Fred J. Douglas (1869–1949), United States Representative
- Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer
- Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900–1980), American actress and politician
- Hima Douglas, Niuean politician
- Ian Douglas (politician), attorney and politician from Dominica
- James Douglas (governor) (1803–1877), Scottish-Canadian governor of the colony of Vancouver Island
- James G. Douglas (1887–1984),Irish senator
- Jim Douglas (1952–), American politician
- John Douglas, MP (abt1774-1838), MP for Orford and Minehead, England
- John Douglas (Parliament) (abt 1708-1778), MP for Dumfries burghs
- John Douglas (Queensland politician) (1828–1904), Premier of Queensland, Australia
- John Douglas of Broughton (died 1832), Scottish politician
- John St Leger Douglas (died 17830, MP for Hindon and Weobly.
- Lewis Williams Douglas (1894–1974), American politician, diplomat, businessman and academic
- Lincoln Douglas, MP, Trinidad and Tobago Parliament politician
- Count Ludvig Douglas, riksmarskalk and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, peer of the Grand Duchy of Baden
- Michael Douglas (politician), d1992, Dominican politician
- Paul Douglas (1892–1976), American economist and United States Senator from Illinois
- Robert Douglas (New Zealand politician), 19th century New Zealand MP
- Roger Douglas (born 1937), former New Zealand politician
- Rosie Douglas (1941–2000), Dominican politician
- Stephen A. Douglas (1813–1861), American politician
- Tommy Douglas (1904–1986), Canadian politician, Premier of Saskatchewan, and father of Shirley Douglas
- Walburga Habsburg Douglas (born 1958), Austrian-Swedish politician, member of the Swedish parliament since 2006
- Walter Douglas (governor) (1670–1739), Leeward Islands
- William Bloomfield Douglas (1822–1906), Australian public servant and naval officer
- Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet of Kelhead, MP for Dumfries Burghs
- William Douglas (d. 1821) of Almorness, British MP
- William Lewis Douglas (1845–1924), American politician
- Lord William Douglas (William Robert Keith Douglas, 1783–1859), British MP
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government. Like other values it has its counterfeits. So much emphasis has been placed upon the false that the significance of the true has been obscured and politics has come to convey the meaning of crafty and cunning selfishness, instead of candid and sincere service.”
—Calvin Coolidge (18721933)
“Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like Gods infinite mercy, a last resort.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)
“Our family talked a lot at table, and only two subjects were taboo: politics and personal troubles. The first was sternly avoided because Father ran a nonpartisan daily in a small town, with some success, and did not wish to express his own opinions in public, even when in private.”
—M.F.K. Fisher (19081992)