#pol

The ability to change one's views without losing one's seat is the mark of a great politician. ↗

— Mo Udall

#change #great #losing #mark #politician

I have apologised to the police. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#police

I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#been #couple #did #firm #got

When I got political that blew our marriage out of the water. I was not the same person and I admit that. ↗

— Michael Moriarty

#blew #got #i #marriage #our

You get to the middle of a take that's going really well and the camera will run out of film. They have to stop you, apologize and then you've got to get things going all over again. ↗

— David Morse

#apologize #camera #film #get #going

I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because a politician that makes deals with criminals - I've said it, and I repeat it - is no longer a politician but just another 'capo.' ↗

— Josefina Vazquez Mota

#because #creating #criminals #deals #deserve

What I learned is that policymakers have to force consideration of actions that may not have occurred to them at the time. ↗

— Susan Rice

#consideration #force #i #learned #may

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off. ↗

— Chris Patten

#fascism #get #green #growth #less

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor. ↗

— Chris Patten

#backside #endeavor #getting #i #i think

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon. ↗

— Ron Paul

#anything #anytime #away #benefit #cliches