#politician

One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#bear #eating #expansion #federal #form

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

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#clown #far #higher #higher plane #i

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#anything #confine #entirely #going #i

The Tea Party doesn't like politicians. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#party #politicians #tea #tea party

The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do. ↗

— Howard Dean

#instead #issue #make #make up #mind

What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians. ↗

— Bill Delahunt

#debate #echo #like #more #often

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

The politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#believed #change #cold #cold war #could