Politics
- John Ferguson (New Brunswick politician) (1813–1888), merchant and Canadian senator from New Brunswick
- John Ferguson (Ontario politician) (1839–1896), physician and Canadian MP and senator from Ontario
- Sir John Ferguson (UK politician) (1870–1932), British Conservative MP for Twickenham 1929–1932
- John Ferguson (Upper Canada politician) (1756–1830), judge and politician in Upper Canada
- John Ferguson (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1911), UUP and Alliance Party politician
- John Ferguson (Australian politician) (1830–1906), Australian Senator and member of the Queensland Parliament
- John Ferguson (New York politician) (died 1832), Mayor of New York City March–April 1815
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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)
“Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium.”
—J.B.S. (John Burdon Sanderson)
“The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political idea is as he has of the principles of counterpoint. Each is a thing used in politics or music which those fellows who practise politics or music manipulate somehow. Show him one and he will deny that it is politics at all. It must be corrupt or he will not recognize it. He has only seen dried figs. He has only thought dried thoughts. A live thought or a real idea is against the rules of his mind.”
—John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)