#politic

Candidates don't have to deal with reality. They talk about the wonderful things they can accomplish as if advocating them is the same as achieving them. They live in a world of political make-believe in which everything from reconciling conflicting interests to paying for costly programs is easy. ↗

— Fred Barnes

#accomplish #achieving #advocating #candidates #conflicting

There certainly is a lot of political pressure for states to adopt the new federal tax codes. But there is no law that requires them to do so. ↗

— John Barry

#certainly #codes #federal #federal tax #law

One of the things that goes with getting older is that one becomes more conservative - and I emphasise that when I use the word conservative I do not mean politically. ↗

— Jeffrey Bernard

#conservative #emphasise #getting #getting older #goes

I'm very much a humanist. I'm very much pro-choice. I'm very much politically correct. ↗

— Sandra Bernhard

#humanist #i #much #politically #politically correct

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. ↗

— Leonard Bernstein

#better #bright #child #day #forward

The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges. ↗

— Benazir Bhutto

#government #military #motivated #politically

We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#citizens #core #fellow #fellow human beings #game

Politics are not the task of a Christian. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#politics #task

Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#moment #nobody #political #subject #wants

Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians. ↗

— David Brinkley

#absolute power #history #never #numerous #politicians