People conjugate to the present; politics to other tenses. (Peuple conjugue au présent; - Politique aux autres temps.)

The power to know a woman suffering from lack of conjugal orgasm is by observing how hostile she has suddenly become in the home front.

In politics, our friends, those are our worst friends. (En politique, nos amis, - Ce sont là nos pires amis.)

The present is the equilibrium of the past and the future. (Le présent, c'est l'équilibre - Du passé et du futur)

People tend to vote the present tense - not the subjective.

Right now, people are really tense because all the rivers in California are bursting at the seams.