They make it sound like a serious attempt to rise above politics.

It's always frightening to see someone who thinks himself above politics.

Both men, at the end, clearly put the fate of the nation above partisan politics.

To make this a city above politics and conflict.

He wanted to say that literature was above politics.

"There are just some positions that should be above partisan politics," she said.

It has to be said: we women will rise above partisan politics in this field.

I thought of you as one above politics, free to come and go.

Art can indeed rise above the pettiness and politics of any particular age.

I was always out of politics, and for me, sports is something above politics.

Mr. Velella suggested a business man or woman who was "above politics."

A homeland security secretary should be above politics and respectful of civil liberties.

The reader should be above politics and nationalism.

He added, "We tried to be above politics as we did our research."

"There are some people who try to portray football as being above politics, above all tensions," one of the players told them.

The notion that the papacy should be above politics would have made no sense to the people of the medieval world.

Art and movies should be above politics, but in this case they're apparently not.

"They think they are above politics," another Republican said scornfully.

The highest court in the land is supposed to be above politics.