#politic

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#compassion #destroy #fearlessness #human #human race

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#before #found #had #means #merely

Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#hate #interest #love #neither #nor

On the one hand, the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit, which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#deal #european #financial #hand #i

Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability to produce food, they are starving because they are caught in the middle of political fights and blockades that have been used as weapons. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#been #caught #fights #food #inability

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#history #modern #nations #political #political history

I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently. ↗

— Adam Michnik

#american #dangerous #differently #i #i think

Do we want an Attorney General who will play politics with the law, play politics with the court and just play politics with international conventions designed to protect our troops? I do not want to play that kind of politics. I am going to vote against Alberto Gonzales. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#am #attorney #attorney general #conventions #court

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people. ↗

— Ed Miliband

#freedom #gifts #opportunity #our #our people

Let the message go out - a new generation has taken charge of Labour which is optimistic about our country, optimistic about our world, optimistic about the power of politics. We are optimistic and together we will change Britain. ↗

— Ed Miliband

#britain #change #charge #country #generation