#politic

I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#being #blair #british #day-to-day #i

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#anatomy #because #direct #dirty #experience

When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#am #comfortable #fish #holding #i

Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#bill #bill gates #billions #college #companies

The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#benefits #economy #for the people #generates #money

Most politicians keep close tabs on what's happening back home and work assiduously to keep lines of communications open with the political players in their states or districts. ↗

— Joshua Micah Marshall

#close #communications #districts #happening #home

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. ↗

— Thurgood Marshall

#constitutional #control #giving #government #heritage

I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land. ↗

— Yann Martel

#beautiful #canada #exists #faith #i

Without alienation, there can be no politics. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#politics #without

It's true, too, that I'm tired of using books as political bullets and grenades. Books are too precious and wonderful to be used for long in such a fashion. ↗

— Yann Martel

#bullets #fashion #grenades #i #long