#politician

I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#being #blair #british #day-to-day #i

Most politicians keep close tabs on what's happening back home and work assiduously to keep lines of communications open with the political players in their states or districts. ↗

— Joshua Micah Marshall

#close #communications #districts #happening #home

I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons. ↗

— Theresa May

#between #break #come #down #generally

I suppose politicians have always wanted to get re-elected, but there's a kind of a feeling now that if you just discredit your opposition, it makes it easier for you to win. I don't think that's necessarily true. ↗

— George McGovern

#discredit #easier #feeling #get #i

Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections. ↗

— George McGovern

#campaigning #convinced #elections #negative #off

Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it. ↗

— Donella Meadows

#carbon #especially #farms #forests #how

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#cannibals #constituents #dinner #found #had

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#both #ears #fence #ground #keep

I've never been disappointed by politicians. I've never invested that much in them in the first place. ↗

— Paul Merton

#disappointed #first #i #invested #much

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one. ↗

— Henry Miller

#bad one #bit #good #idea #people