#pol

Politicians like to tell people what they want to hear - and what they want to hear is what won't happen. ↗

— Paul Samuelson

#hear #like #people #politicians #tell

Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support. ↗

— Paul Samuelson

#economic #economic benefits #economic growth #globalization #growth

A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#hats #into #out #politician #pulling

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#hats #into #out #politicians #pull

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#language #never #no respect #people #polite

I think you can get away with being a bit more political in science fiction. ↗

— Rupert Sanders

#being #bit #fiction #get #i

If you put up posters around town for high-school kids, high-school kids will come. If you're casting politicians, you can't put up posters and have politicians come down. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#casting #come #down #high-school #kids

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far. ↗

— George Santayana

#conventions #courtesy #doubts #far #kind

Watching President Obama apologize last week for America's arrogance - before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans - helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions. ↗

— Rick Santorum

#american #american values #antipathy #apologize #arrogance

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#democratic #democratic system #effect #enough #moment