#politician

If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#control #corporate #dominate #executives #ideas

Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials, the U.S. military and Republican politicians. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#decades #extends #few #gotten #journalists

Look at the way celebrities and politicians are using Facebook already. When Ashton Kutcher posts a video, he gets hundreds of pieces of feedback. Maybe he doesn't have time to read them all or respond to them all, but he's getting good feedback and getting a good sense of how people are thinking about that and maybe can respond to some of it. ↗

— Mark Zuckerberg

#already #celebrities #facebook #feedback #gets

The Tea Party doesn't like politicians. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#party #politicians #tea #tea party

I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#honest #i #luck #no respect #politician

The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#i #luck #politician #running #way

Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we're tired of hearing promises that we know they'll never keep. ↗

— Ray Davies

#corruption #crooked #hearing #keep #know

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#democracy #into #politicians #statesmen #weary

I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#politician #problem #professional #solver

People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#career politicians #decided #may #part #people