#politicians

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like. ↗

— Randall Jarrell

#dozen #honest #hundred #intelligent #know

The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent. ↗

— Billy Joel

#american #american movies #better #better way #blue

I believe that access to a university education should be based on the ability to learn, not what people can afford. I think there is no more nauseating a sight than politicians pulling up the ladder of opportunity behind them. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#access #afford #based #behind #believe

I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally elected politicians who understand best the needs of their areas. And far more say too for the dedicated staff at all levels in health and education. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#best #closer #decisions #dedicated #education

Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#also #carefully #good #government #how

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. ↗

— Nikita Khrushchev

#build #even #over #politicians #promise

There's this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldn't be interested. That includes movie stars and politicians. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#each #god #how #i #includes

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#bad #give #ninety #other #percent

Political debate: when charlatans come together to discuss their principles. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #politicians #funny

If you put up posters around town for high-school kids, high-school kids will come. If you're casting politicians, you can't put up posters and have politicians come down. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#casting #come #down #high-school #kids