#politic

The Chinese government since 1979 has been very successful in economic development, and successful enough, simply by surviving, in the realm of political development. ↗

— William Kirby

#chinese #chinese government #development #economic #economic development

I’m famous for my Shepherd’s Pie. Here’s my recipe: lamb, potatoes, cheese, peas, paprika, and a wool-covered apron for the chef/shepherd/wolf-like politician to wear while serving the sheeple up.
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— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #politicians #politics #recipe

I've been watching politics for 35 or 40 years and you just never know. You can have one person win the Iowa caucus and then the whole picture changes ten minutes later. The same thing can happen again after New Hampshire. I have no idea what's going to happen with our country in the future. ↗

— Jackie Mason

#again #been #caucus #changes #country

Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#against #campaign #campaigns #comparative #devising

Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you're talking about. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#attention #because #both #conservatives #cool

The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today. ↗

— Mackenzie King

#promises #taxes #today #yesterday

The German experience brings us face to face with the major problem of the revolution in Western Europe. In these countries, the old bourgeois mode of production and the centuries-old civilisation which has developed with it have completely impressed themselves upon the thoughts and feelings of the popular masses. Hence, the mentality and inner character of the masses here is quite different from that in the countries of the East, who have not experienced the rule of bourgeois culture; and this is what distinguishes the different courses that the revolution has taken in the East and the West. ↗

— Anton Pannekoek

#culture #hegemony #politics #revolution #experience

The care of human life and happiness, and their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of a good government. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#life

...we have to be aware of the power and importance of organizing not just around identity, but the materiality of daily life, which still, in many respects, is racialized for people of color. You build from that, but you have a grander social vision that transcends it and recognizes the strengths and limitations that are drawn from the particularity of identity. ↗

— Manning Marable

#life

In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast. ↗

— Niccolò Machiavelli

#politics #strategy #warfare #science