Politics
- Robert Young (Canadian politician) (1834–1904), Canadian politician and businessman
- Sir Robert Young (trade unionist) (1872–1957), British Member of Parliament for Newton
- Robert Young (London politician) (1891–1985), British Member of Parliament for Islington North
- Robert A. Young (1923–2007), member of the US House of Representatives
- Bob Young (mayor) (born 1947), former mayor of Augusta, Georgia, former senior executive in cabinet of President George W. Bush, former television news anchor
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.”
—Cecil Parkinson (b. 1932)
“The average Kentuckian may appear a bit confused in his knowledge of history, but he is firmly certain about current politics. Kentucky cannot claim first place in political importance, but it tops the list in its keen enjoyment of politics for its own sake. It takes the average Kentuckian only a matter of moments to dispose of the weather and personal helath, but he never tires of a political discussion.”
—For the State of Kentucky, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“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)