#politician

The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians. ↗

— Henry Hazlitt

#hands #least #monetary #money #over

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#born #bred #dissenter #hard #honest

I have to say that when I was young, when any politician was talking I wasn't even interested. Maybe they were saying some nice stuff, but then if you put Michael Jordan on TV, I was interested! ↗

— Thierry Henry

#even #i #interested #jordan #maybe

From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#experience #fun #know #knowing #made

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#appointing #argue #because #campaign #emphatic

In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high their enemies are and whether they can show that they can hold their ground and give a punch for every punch they take. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#every #give #ground #high #hold

There's something just so kind of smooth about politicians. ↗

— Emile Hirsch

#just #kind #politicians #smooth #something

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#moral #politician #severe #thing #true

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. ↗

— Tony Benn

#house #lords #outer #politicians #retired

Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians. ↗