#politicians

One of the things that you have trouble with politicians, particularly in Washington, is when you get mad at them and you can't touch them; you can't punch them; you can't yell at them. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#mad #particularly #politicians #punch #them

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#i #i can #mistake #politicians #some

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#certainly #get #people #politicians #purpose

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#down #fit #fool #free #freedom

During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it's squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grassroots flames. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#conservative #democratic #deserve #during #flames

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

Most politicians - those people who live, eat and breathe politics - like to sit around and talk about politics and tell political war stories. Reagan didn't do that. His war stories were movie war stories and Hollywood war stories. He loved that. ↗

— Lyn Nofziger

#around #breathe #eat #his #hollywood

All politicians are to some extent salesmen. ↗

— George Will

#politicians #some

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good. ↗

— George Will

#because #constitute #elite #fascinate #good

I think a lot of politicians, rightfully so, understand that their political futures are tied to how many times people see their names in print. The press is so accustomed to politicians wanting those things, it's a surprise when somebody's like, 'Whatever, I'm not really worried about those things.' ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#accustomed #futures #how #i #i think