Politics
- John Mitchell (Hull politician) (c. 1781–1859), Member of Parliament for Kingston-upon-Hull
- John Mitchell (MP for Truro), British politician
- John Mitchell (Pennsylvania) (1781–1849), United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
- John F. Mitchell (1862–1943), Canadian politician
- John H. Mitchell (1835–1905), American politician and senator from Oregon
- John I. Mitchell (1838–1907), United States Senator from Pennsylvania
- John Joseph Mitchell (1873–1925), United States Representative from Massachusetts
- John L. Mitchell (1842–1904), American politician and father of Gen. Billy Mitchell
- John M. Mitchell (1858–1905), United States Representative from New York
- John Matthew Mitchell (born 1925), Former Assistant Director-General, British Council
- John N. Mitchell (1913–1988), United States Attorney General and Watergate conspirator
- John Ridley Mitchell (1877–1962), United States Representative from Tennessee
- John William Mitchell (1872–1952), 20th mayor of Calgary, Alberta
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.”
—Mario Puzo, U.S. author, screenwriter, and Francis Ford Coppola, U.S. director, screenwriter. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)
“Of course politics is an interesting and engrossing thing. It offers no immutable laws, nearly always prevaricates, but as far as blather and sharpening the mind go, it provides inexhaustible material.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (18601904)
“All you can be sure about in a political-minded writer is that if his work should last you will have to skip the politics when you read it. Many of the so-called politically enlisted writers change their politics frequently.... Perhaps it can be respected as a form of the pursuit of happiness.”
—Ernest Hemingway (18991961)