To turn concern into action requires politics.
Having said that, international peace and security requires politics based on moral principles and respect for human dignity, rather than the Machiavellian realpolitik approach.
Like any other stimulus, this one will require some politics — namely, pressuring China and negotiating with it.
While he has faced frequent court cases and his brother has been jailed, he was also allowed to stand in mayoral elections in 2013 – the idea being that, with all the attention now lavished on the new urban middle class, they would not require opposition politics.
Suddenly, the United States needed to transform itself from an isolationist nation into a war machine, and Wilson persuaded Congress that dozens of crucial issues (including repressive espionage and sedition acts) required that politics be "adjourned".
If La Commune teaches one lesson, it is that insurrection is the most sacred of rights and that what is required in politics is, as Danton said: "De l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace" ("Audacity, still more audacity, and audacity for ever").
Democratic dialogue demands engagement; popular politics require passion.
Great moral conflicts -- like the fight against slavery -- require sorties into politics.
Sixth, the divergence of different parts of the UK and voters' lack of trust in politics require bigger solutions than those we put forward.
And appealing to independents will require some deft politics, since Mr. Obama's recent switch to a more confrontational approach with Congressional Republicans could cost independent support even as he energizes Democratic voters.
