#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

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

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists. ↗

— John McCarthy

#better #both #face #honesty #humanity

The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First, they're extremely rich and they have lots of money and they have had for a long time, so they can give money to politicians, which gets their attention. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#broadcasters #commercial #couple #extremely #first

Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#equal #measures #people #politicians

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

As an indigenous leader from Bolivia, I know what exclusion looks like. Before 1952, my people were not allowed to even enter the main squares of Bolivia's cities, and there were almost no indigenous politicians in government until the late 1990s. ↗

— Evo Morales

#almost #before #bolivia #cities #enter