Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Politics

Question: Sweet
Mother, what should be the attitude of a true politician?

Ans.:  But it's just the
attitude of a true politician which I have given here. It's
the ideal
politician, my child. One can't make a better one. It is the circumstances, he
says that himself: "a greater force than mine..." it's the way the
world is organised; he started with the best intentions, he tried his very
best,