#politician

I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#courage #else #fear #i #leaders

I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons. ↗

— Theresa May

#between #break #come #down #generally

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists. ↗

— John McCarthy

#better #both #face #honesty #humanity

The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First, they're extremely rich and they have lots of money and they have had for a long time, so they can give money to politicians, which gets their attention. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#broadcasters #commercial #couple #extremely #first

I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play. ↗

— Ian McDiarmid

#easy #face #gratifying #hypocritical #i

I suppose politicians have always wanted to get re-elected, but there's a kind of a feeling now that if you just discredit your opposition, it makes it easier for you to win. I don't think that's necessarily true. ↗

— George McGovern

#discredit #easier #feeling #get #i

Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections. ↗

— George McGovern

#campaigning #convinced #elections #negative #off

I'm not a politician. ↗

— Phil McGraw

#politician

Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#because #could #eventually #ever #favor

Attacks on a politician's identity - questioning Romney's religion, say, or Obama's birthplace - tend to come when an opponent is desperate and can't sell himself. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#birthplace #come #desperate #himself #identity