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:
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)
“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 politics of the exile are fever,
revenge, daydream,
theater of the aging convalescent.
You wait in the wings and rehearse.
You wait and wait.”
—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)