#politician

He's an honest politician--he stays bought. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#politicians

If politicians stopped meddling with things they don't understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

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From a House of vampires to a house of politicians,” he muttered as we walked to the front door. “Said the most political of vampires,” I reminded him, and got a growl in response. ↗

— Chloe Neill

#politicians

I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops. ↗

— Tom Clancy

#fiction #politics #politicians

What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race? ↗

— Thomas Sowell

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It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#him #only #others #politician #says

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#decisions #justice #know #longer #memory

Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn't have to work to earn. ↗

— Harry Browne

#achieve #earn #everything #far #good

My mother was a politician in my formative years. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#formative years #mother #politician #years

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#fight #groups #images #make #natural