#pol

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#his #never #politician #quite #says

Monetary policy itself cannot sensibly be directed at reducing imbalances. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#directed #imbalances #itself #monetary #monetary policy

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#get #going #governor #how #hungry

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#applies #lies #make #makes #matter

Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it's empirically so. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#actually #administration #africa #again #american

I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#completely #i #i came #intertwined #lucky

Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#i #music #must #need #politics

Our meaning is to make our little planet Earth a better place to live, to stop wars, disarm nuclear missiles, to stop diseases, AIDS, plague, cancer and to stop pollution. ↗

— Uri Geller

#better #better place #cancer #disarm #diseases

Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay to educate their children. ↗

— Susan George

#cost #educate #families #make #pay

It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics. ↗

— Susan George

#getting #into #now #people #politics