#politician

A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it. ↗

— John Major

#believe #consensus #does #keeps #people

I mean if you have ever found a politician who says, 'No, no, I would do everything exactly as I did,' then you can tell when he is lying because his lips are moving. ↗

— John Major

#did #ever #everything #exactly #found

During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it's squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grassroots flames. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#conservative #democratic #deserve #during #flames

I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#being #blair #british #day-to-day #i

Bill Bradley is a serious politician and if Al Gore stumbles seriously, then Bradley is there to take advantage of that. ↗

— Tom Mann

#al #al gore #bill #bradley #gore

One of the ways to make sure policies are more transparent and to help restore people's confidence in politicians... is to ensure renewal at the highest level of office. ↗

— Pauline Marois

#ensure #help #highest #highest level #level

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong. ↗

— Don Marquis

#does #ever #get #gets #idea

Most politicians keep close tabs on what's happening back home and work assiduously to keep lines of communications open with the political players in their states or districts. ↗

— Joshua Micah Marshall

#close #communications #districts #happening #home

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