Successful ... politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or otherwise manage… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Science and vivisection make no appeal to a theological idea, much less a political one. You can argue with a theologian or… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
I have great respect for press freedoms. At the same time, however, a politician also has the freedom to decide whether he… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
It's always sort of amazing, sitting in Baghdad, to watch visiting dignitaries being received in the Green Zone by politicians who have… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
I'm of the opinion that Angela Merkel is a responsible politician, a politician who has a sense of responsibility for Europe and… — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is the Republicans are Socialists and the Democrats… — Cleveland Amory Copy Share Image
When I think of the person that I thought was Bill Clinton, I think he had genuine remorse. When I think of… — Monica Lewinsky Copy Share Image
The question of questions for the politicians should ever be-What type of social structure am I tending to produce? But this is… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Politicians will promise some pretty ridiculous things. They will promise a chicken in every pot. They'll promise that they'll keep Social Security… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Obama, Bloomberg and nearly every politician and gun-ban zealot pushing for a universal background check system are on record supporting mandatory gun… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
Since men do not really respect anything unless it was established long ago and has developed slowly over time, those who want… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Sarah Palin kept talking and talking, and the more she talks, the less compelling she can be. People say, "She's a very… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
No man can do both effective and decent work in public life unless he is a practical politician on the one hand,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is a businessman, not a career politician. He actually built a business. Those tax returns that were - that came… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
Egalitarians create the most dangerous inequality of all - inequality of power. Allowing politicians to determine what all other human beings will… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I am very cynical. That is absolutely what police is doing. But you don't even have to be cynical. I mean, politicians… — Peter Moskos Copy Share Image
There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where the skies, the disasters, the diamonds, the… — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
In all of my encounters with voters, I have repeatedly been confronted with two points of critique. First: You politicians are all… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
I think any politician, regardless of their religious conviction, has to be a megalomaniac - they have to be! Anyone who works… — George Newbern Copy Share Image
I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved… — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
I spread the message of hope and of unity. That's what gets me up in the morning. I can tell you what… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
How come regional pandering only works in one direction, right? You never see a Southern politician trying to win votes in New… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Colombia is a different country today. The state is now present in every single corner, the drug lords are in jail or… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
My sense of American politics is that most of our politicians are for sale, whether they are out and out crooked, or… — Kam Williams Copy Share Image
You listen to a politician making a speech, and it is like hearing nothing. Whereas, music is unmistakably music. The thing about… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
It really doesn't take brains to be a politician as much as it takes stomach. Both would be nice, but in America… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
You may be educated abroad, you may be a great scientist, politician, but you always have a sneaking fear that if you… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
From the earliest days, the Rothschilds appreciated the importance of proximity to politicians, the men who determined not only the extent of… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
If I'm a cruel satirist at least I'm not a hyprocrite: I never judge what other people do. Neither a politician nor… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
I suspect most politicians feel overwhelmed because people's lives are a real struggle, full of unhappiness, and you would probably feel powerless… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
We don't have warlords. We have strongmen. They control provinces with military forces. These men at one time controlled territory; they have… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
What we have done over the last 40 or 50 years is systematically attacked and weakened the parties, the political machines, the… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
I think of myself as being an ethical man, but I don't try to teach ethics. I have no message. I know… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Self-reliance can turn a salesman into a merchant; a politician into a statesman; an attorney into a jurist; an unknown youth into… — Newell Dwight Hillis Copy Share Image
It was fascinating what a total interest he [John F. Kennedy] had in his tradecraft of being a politician. I didn't realize… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
I believe Mexico should dedicate 100% of its oil revenues to developing human capital and technological development. None of us politicians should… — Vicente Fox Copy Share Image
If one meets a powerful person--Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates--ask them five questions: "What power have you got? Where did… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
So far as one can generalize, the most graciouis, cultivated, and innovative people in this country are French Canadians. Certainly they have… — Mordecai Richler Copy Share Image
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