The priest persuades a humble people to endure their hard lot, a politician urges them to rebel against it, and a scientist… — Max Percy Copy Share Image
I make a living off (politicians), so I can't knock 'em. Every time we elect some fellow we think he's terrible and… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Politicians have been downplaying the importance of history as a subject in our schools but, if they had bothered to have a… — Tony Robinson Copy Share Image
All it takes to become president is money and a certain kind of power. Being president is the first thing I can… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
I guess it feels to me that the political argument that has been lost in my lifetime is taxation. How do you… — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
Politicians don't like to face unpleasant realities. In truth, nobody does, but as individuals, we have no choice; if we neglect to… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
What is needed to pass gay marriage is not a Democratic majority - this past year has proven that to be true… — Richard Grenell Copy Share Image
Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Early education is the type of issue politicians nod their heads at, and then when it comes time to make a tough… — J. B. Pritzker Copy Share Image
High-level political wives are by no means new. In the 18th and 19th centuries, when patricians dominated British political life, it was… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Science can tell us what can be done in principle, but it is then a matter for public debate as to what… — Mark Walport Copy Share Image
Jim Sheridan, the MP who wants to ban sketchwriters from the Commons for being rude about politicians, is a blithering idiot. Sorry,… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
This is the problem with politicians. They spend all their time making these speeches and pretending to have integrity but all they… — Angus Macfadyen Copy Share Image
Amazon is certainly not a perfect company. However, doctors, teachers, engineers, journalists, politicians, and labor unions are also on a continuum of… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
What the public hates the most is when they think the politicians aren't listening to them. They understand that we can't solve… — Chuck Schumer Copy Share Image
The thing that happens is that politicians run on tough-on-crime rhetoric. You appeal to the public and say, 'Let's put more money… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
I wake up most days with a vague feeling of doom - 'Dear God. Here I am again.' Then, when I read… — Bruce Robinson Copy Share Image
Now, metaphorically, I sit at any table that I want. I can sit with the jocks, I can sit with the gang… — Karen Civil Copy Share Image
If you look at what these politicians do when they speak, most of the time they are trying to convey a tone...… — David Hogg Copy Share Image
“It is very easy to create problems , rather than creating solutions, because you don’t have to think, and you don’t have… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
If India is notorious for never punishing scamsters and letting politicians get away with loot, rape, murder and worse, it is because… — Sucheta Dalal Copy Share Image
If all political parties are committed to the role of the free market, the politicians act as, I don't know, as traffic… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a senator from Illinois. I was obsessed with politics. My dad was friends with a lot of local… — Ike Barinholtz Copy Share Image
Regardless of how people love to deride politicians, democracy is not an easy gig. My decisions, views and heartfelt principles are dismissed… — Jess Phillips Copy Share Image
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
People who are ambitious - politicians who crave power - think that they're in control of it, but at some point, the… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
“Why should anyone be surprised at what the men "in power" are capable of --didn't every mad-Judas one of them begin his… — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
We look around at our national politicians, we do not see national politicians who are without fault. And, actually, we see quite… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
To love one's country, the governance should be good. But politicians are addicts of power. It is because they don't read that… — Sreenivasan Copy Share Image
“How strange it is that the house of these hedonic stalwarts is filled with all the luxuries of life, right from plasma… — Faraaz Kazi Copy Share Image
They're the last human beings susceptible to human shame. Politicians are the only people left for whom, occasionally, shame hurts them. Everyone… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
One of Enoch Powell's wiser remarks was that politicians complaining about the press were like sailors complaining about the sea. It is… — Damian Green Copy Share Image
Politics has come to resemble a cynical team game played by politicians, while the public has been pushed aside as if sitting… — Edi Rama Copy Share Image
As an indigenous leader from Bolivia, I know what exclusion looks like. Before 1952, my people were not allowed to even enter… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
Gawker thrived on embarrassment and shame, seeking to demolish not just celebrities or politicians but average random people whose sins it would… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
Politicians, in many cases - their moral code will be dictated by what can get them reelected, what they can get away… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
It was the British who defined religion to divide and rule. That is what created the heat. That is what created the… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
Putin and his advisers don't understand the power of public opinion in the West. They believe in conspiracy theories and that someone… — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
I've found that in places where women have not really been afforded full rights yet - for instance, in the Middle East… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
The news now continues all night, whether it's politicians and the president using social media, or it might be a major news… — Shannon Bream Copy Share Image
