#pol

A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard. ↗

— Billy Wilder

#midwife #must #policeman #psychoanalyst

During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American politicians - believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton. ↗

— Douglas Wilder

#back #barack #barack obama #believed #bet

My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you where the American people are going to be. ↗

— Douglas Wilder

#american #american people #been #buck #definition

All politicians are to some extent salesmen. ↗

— George Will

#politicians #some

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues. ↗

— George Will

#decide #issues #voters #who #will

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience. ↗

— George Will

#audience #his #less #politician #reveal

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good. ↗

— George Will

#because #constitute #elite #fascinate #good

Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions. ↗

— George Will

#emancipation #his #individual #passions #politics

In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

#conversations #dc #dominate #even #most

There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it. ↗

— Esther Williams

#drinking #hughes #ignored #lunch #men