#politicians

Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so. ↗

— John Cornyn

#justices #platform #political #politicians #run

Insider trading is a serious crime. Do you know what the penalty for doing it is? Nothing, if you’re a member of Congress.
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— Jarod Kintz

#corruption #crime #criminal #crooked #filthy

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job. ↗

— James Lovelock

#i #job #know #negative #negative way

Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authentic, the antithesis to what turns off today's voters: flip-flopping politicians who speak in poll-tested platitudes. Yes, he's the anti-Romney. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#authentic #blunt #brash #christie #governor

You can almost see voters nodding their heads at home: The public's faith in politicians and political institutions has been on a steep and dangerous decline for decades, because elected leaders fail to deliver. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#because #been #dangerous #decades #decline

We've got to clear some of the room out of the prisons so we can put the bad guys in there, like the pedophiles and the politicians. ↗

— Kinky Friedman

#bad guys #clear #got #guys #like

And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians. ↗

— Kinky Friedman

#hell #i #i think #musicians #politicians

Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#blacks #forth #low #politicians #poor

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#conclusion #i #left #matter #politicians

It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find. ↗

— Gerald F. Lieberman

#called #find #good #hard #politicians