#politic

They're such hierarchical things, film sets, they're sort of mini societies. Often they're incredibly political places. ↗

— Eddie Redmayne

#hierarchical #incredibly #mini #often #places

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#aim #alarmed #endless #endless series #hence

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#always #am #be thankful #i #i am

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#best #better #campaign #circus #couple

Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#built #effective #extremely #fight #losing

I know that Bush, for political reasons, is going to nominate a minority, a Hispanic man or someone where it will be harder for people on the progressive side to oppose and split some of the traditionally progressive or democratic constituents. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#constituents #democratic #going #harder #hispanic

We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience in our own homes is not a personal family matter, it's a public and political problem. It's a way that women are kept in line, kept in our places. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#experience #family #homes #kept #line

The American people have a right to know on the rare occasions in which their money is used to invest in private operations, if you will, take bets on capitalism, that is very well vetted, very well thought out and without political interference. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#american people #bets #capitalism #interference #invest

You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#ignore #like #matter #much #politics

Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#ever #finest #form #free #good