#politic

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#austere #constant #ever #government #learned

We must have more union members in this country to fight the political and business forces that are undermining workers in this country. The AFL-CIO has chosen the opposite approach by planning to throw even more money at politicians. ↗

— James P. Hoffa

#business #chosen #country #even #fight

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them. ↗

— Calvin Trillin

#government #interested #issues #just #more

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#generally #great #great talent #kinds #life

Adrian's face was the picture of perfect politeness and restraint, meaning something disastrous was about to happen. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#political

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#political

Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch 'American Idol' and video their children's concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#american idol #believe #children #concerts #counterparts

All politics is local. ↗

— Thomas P. O'Neill

#politics

Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives, I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the '04 elections is that politics is a word game. ↗

— Eric Liu

#elections #fellow #game #i #i wonder

They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. ↗

— Clare Boothe Luce

#congress #filibuster #invented #know #men