Politics Quote by Roy Hattersley Download Open image “In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.” — Roy Hattersley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Politics Ridiculous
Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters. — Cato the Elder Copy Share Image
Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
The only source of the true Ridiculous (as it appears to me) is affectation — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
You cannot dispute the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
No doubt the ridiculous politicians are right to like politics. They have found careers in which success can be achieved by being ridiculous. Imagine… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Nothing is more ridiculous than ridicule. — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous. Resign yourself to be the fool you are... ...We must always take risks. That… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People who watch morning television are elderly, infirm or emotionally immature. — Roy Hattersley Copy Share Image
In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be allowed to own one. — Roy Hattersley Copy Share Image
The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with… — Roy Hattersley Copy Share Image
I've been in the Labour Party 50 years and it's 40-odd since I was elected to Parliament — Roy Hattersley Copy Share Image
The Labour Party can go into the next election united behind the most radical manifesto on which we have ever campaigned. — Roy Hattersley Copy Share Image
I've never known a time when the in-fighting in the Labour Party was so bitter. — Roy Hattersley Copy Share Image
One of the problems of our society is that we spend too much time thinking about punishment and not enough about prevention. — Roy Hattersley Copy Share Image
Indeed in my blue and white Sheffield Wednesday heart I applauded and supported his loyalty. — Roy Hattersley Copy Share Image
A crucial contribution to the ideological argument ...it provides a vital part of the intellectual manifesto on which the battle for a better society… — Roy Hattersley Copy Share Image
Truth is suppressed, not to protect the country from enemy agents but to protect the Government of the day against the people. — Roy Hattersley Copy Share Image
Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on… — Judith Ellen Foster Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“Only careful political manoeuvring will be able to manage the situation.” — Davan Yahya Khalil Copy Share Image
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Politics is not an issue whether you like or dislike , but every citizen must involve. — Khem Veasna Copy Share Image
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One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard… — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
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We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
