#politic

The secret lives of politicians are always shady. People need to accept the fact that their leaders aren't perfect. No one is. ↗

— Evan Rachel Wood

#always #fact #leaders #lives #need

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#clan #doctrine #honesty #honesty is #incompatible

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#anyway #flattering #get #glorified #his

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#convince #old #plain #political #time

I do believe that freedom isn't free - but today the corporate and political right wing is trying to cheapen this truly American value. They've been cynically using the word 'freedom' to rally the American public against its own best interests. ↗

— Richard Trumka

#american #american public #been #believe #best

Friends, I'm angry about what's happening in politics today! Why is it wrong to ask the wealthiest people and most profitable corporations to pay their fair share? ↗

— Richard Trumka

#angry #ask #corporations #fair #fair share

We're building an independent political program that can run electoral politics and then turn on a dime to hold our leaders to task, in case they suddenly develop that old case of amnesia! We'll be there to remind them what they promised and who they promised to work for! ↗

— Richard Trumka

#building #case #develop #dime #electoral

This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all. ↗

— Jon Voight

#bringing #correctness #country #down #just

With it adult political audiences abandoned cinemas. In their place appeared a void. That previous political audience migrated to the seats in front of their TV. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#adult #appeared #audience #audiences #cinemas

Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care; that's what poetry is supposed to do. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#care #fact #feminists #i #in fact