#politician

There's a dangerous bottom-lining, and super-summarizing that happens in a lot of our press and our media, and sort of our politicians' talking points, that's dangerously simple. I don't know a better way to say it. And there's usually a lot more complicated facts going on than what is quoted and quotable. ↗

— Seth Gordon

#better way #complicated #dangerous #dangerously #facts

Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops. ↗

— David Hackworth

#bay #beltway #care #fervor #game

My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#definition #politician

Prime Minister, I see you've already mastered the essential craft of the European politician, namely, the ability to say one thing in this chamber and a very different thing to your home electorate. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

#already #chamber #craft #different #different thing

While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician. ↗

— John George Nicolay

#cease #did #lawyer #lincoln #politician

Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life. ↗

— David Hockney

#deciding #down #enjoyable #exciting #i

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#inexcusable #journalists #make #politicians #scientists

Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians. ↗