#pol

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. ↗

— Aristophanes

#breeding #characteristics #horrible #manner #politician

Under every stone lurks a politician. ↗

— Aristophanes

#lurks #politician #stone #under

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. ↗

— Aristotle

#democracy #men #property #rulers

Politics is compromise. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#politics

Man is by nature a political animal. ↗

— Aristotle

#man #nature #political #political animal

Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business. ↗

— Roone Arledge

#business #different #fool #forces #hand

The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#apollo #chained #demonstrating #forever #further

I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They're sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they're hitting back and forth. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#agency #back #concerned #congress #direction

Everything I did in the jails - chain gangs, everything - I haven't changed the policy. I did it, I stand by it, and I'm not going to change. ↗

— Joe Arpaio

#change #changed #did #everything #gangs

I can get along great with the Hispanics. In fact, I sure would like to meet them, even the politicians, maybe in the back room or whatever, have a couple of beers and try to explain. But they need to understand that I enforce the laws. I want to listen to them and hear their problems. I want them to tell me what their problems are. ↗

— Joe Arpaio

#back #beers #couple #enforce #even