#politic

I've been a strong financial and political supporter of, first, President Bush Sr. when he was running for president, and even when he ran for president a time or two and failed. ↗

— Kenneth Lay

#bush #even #failed #financial #first

Until the June 1967 war I was completely caught up in the life of a young professor of English. Beginning in 1968, I started to think, write, and travel as someone who felt himself to be directly involved in the renaissance of Palestinian life and politics. ↗

— Edward Said

#caught #completely #directly #english #felt

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#obeys #paradise #petty #politician #republic

You look at the pillars of the state: politics, the media, police, lawyers - they've all got their formal role, and then nestling above that is that power elite who are networked in through soft, social links, that are actually running the show. Why didn't I know that 10 years ago, and why didn't I rail against it? Why did I become part of it? ↗

— Tom A. Watson

#actually #against #ago #become #did

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#nothing #politics #religion #say #those

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#bring #currency #economic #first #inflation

When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

#i #politician

I can't give political advice to politicians. ↗

— Glenn Hubbard

#give #i #political #politicians

Society is full of varieties, is this possible to make all of them sensitive? Then there will be no politics. ↗

— Vikram Roy

#philosophy #political #social #inspirational

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. ↗