#politic

People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he was a cunning and calculating politician; from the cultivation of his image as a hayseed from Illinois, to his ability to keep this country together under dire circumstances. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#ascribe #back #brilliant #calculating #circumstances

Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#blacks #forth #low #politicians #poor

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#conclusion #i #left #matter #politicians

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#become #master #order #politician #poses

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#his #never #politician #quite #says

For us, sons of France, political sentiment is a passion; while, for the Englishmen, politics are a question of business. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#englishmen #france #passion #political #politics

I am not here to parade my religious sentiments, but I declare I have too much respect for the faith in which I was born to ever use it as the basis of a political organization. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#basis #born #declare #ever #faith

Why, so soon as French Canadians, who are in a minority in this House and in the country, were to organise as a political party, they would compel the majority to organise as a political party, and the result must be disastrous to themselves. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#compel #country #disastrous #french #house

When I think of the person that I thought was Bill Clinton, I think he had genuine remorse. When I think of the person that I now see is 100 percent politician, I think he's sorry he got caught. ↗

— Monica Lewinsky

#bill clinton #caught #clinton #genuine #got

The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#counterparts #elected #elected officials #fed #fed up