High ground Quote by Peter Mandelson Download Open image “Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it.” — Peter Mandelson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare High ground Politician Politics Throwing
The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle. — George E. Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
I wonder why people work so hard to become politicians just in order to do something wrong. — Masuji Ibuse Copy Share Image
I think politicians do great things in the world, but I don't think they're the only ones who can. I don't like all the… — Lauren Bush Copy Share Image
There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously. — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
I don't think the standard of our politicians is very high. And when you get good ones, world-class ones, like a Blair or a… — Andrew Neil Copy Share Image
I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want. — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct… — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them. — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization. — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term. — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
Europe lacks leadership and a sense of mission and too many people don't feel a part of it. — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations. — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of New Labour and I have worked closely… — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain. — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this. — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one. — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
“The moral high ground proved to be one hell of an aphrodisiac...” — Eve A. Floriste Copy Share Image
Astrophysicists perfected navigation. We perfected all these things that matter to the power of nations manifest on the world stage. So we want to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Take the high road. People will rise up to join you or fall out of sight.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Set your goals high; make friends with different kinds of people; enjoy simple pleasures. Stand on high ground; sit on level ground; walk on… — Li Ka-shing Copy Share Image
I always say that playing Christ has just made me a better version of myself because I aspire to greater things, to a moral… — Jonathan Roumie Copy Share Image
“When someone tries to pull you into the mud, remember that they have to get dirty just to reach you; stay on the high… — Fazal Nasir Copy Share Image
We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Things had changed between us in a profound way, something I think we both knew. All our fighting and nitpicking seemed so silly now.… — Joanna Wylde Copy Share Image
I remember my days as a graduate student at Stanford, within any leading university, a very active Israeli support, for Israel, Jews fighting for… — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
“I used to think that was what set me apart, you know? That I always did what I thought was right and didn't give… — Kyle Mills Copy Share Image
“You will never overcome your self righteousness if you continue to believe that God prefers you over other people. The moment you feel entitled… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
An e-mail from a reader says that liberals like to take the moral high ground, even though their own moral relativism means that there… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
