#pol

Saying, 'I'm sorry' is the same as saying, ' I apologize.' Except at a funeral. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#except #funeral #i #same #saying

An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be. ↗

— Steve Martin

#apology #bah #beneath #cowardly #dignity

Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#bedfellows #does #make #politics #strange

It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat ready. That will take time. Russia has a lot of economic, social and political problems much more important than Chechnya. ↗

— Aslan Maskhadov

#against #army #chechnya #combat #economic

I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice. ↗

— George Mason

#appeared #business #common #conviction #disgusted

And it is crucial of course that chief constables are able to make decisions within their budgets about how they deploy their police officers to the greatest effect to ensure that they're able to do the job that the public want them to do. ↗

— Theresa May

#about #budgets #chief #course #crucial

I am willing to consider powers which would ban known hooligans from rallies and marches and I will look into the powers the police already have to force the removal of face coverings and balaclavas. ↗

— Theresa May

#am #ban #consider #face #force

It is quite widely known that I like shoes. This is not something that defines me as either a woman or a politician, but it has come to define me in the eyes of the newspapers. I wore a pair of leopard-print kitten heels to a Conservative Party Conference a few years ago and the papers have continued to focus on my feet ever since. ↗

— Theresa May

#come #conference #conservative #conservative party #continued

We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work of their local police. ↗

— Theresa May

#chance #forces #give #hold #local

We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of the Supreme Court not being subject to politicians. ↗

— Pete McCloskey

#believed #church #court #environmentalists #independence