#politicians

It is kind of tedious after a while, to parse politicians doing the same thing over and over again. The facts change from week to week, but the sort of masquerade doesn't. ↗

— Frank Rich

#again #change #doing #facts #kind

It’s hard to steal somebody’s shoes while they are wearing them and not have them notice. But that’s what politicians have done in this country. Not only that, but they replaced all our footwear with concrete boots.
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— Jarod Kintz

#country #freedom #liberty #politicians #politics

Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, I think everybody can agree that politicians are crooks. But I don’t think politicians are thieves, because you can’t steal what you’ve been given. Once we stop giving in, they’ll stop taking.
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— Jarod Kintz

#politicians #politics #republicans #change

The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians. ↗

— Dwayne Andreas

#free market #market #only #place #politicians

Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians. ↗

— David Brinkley

#absolute power #history #never #numerous #politicians

Though my stomach is only the size of a pea, I could eat two politicians’ brains.
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— Jarod Kintz

#eat #eating #food #funny #humor

I offer something very different from the lifelong career politicians who have worked their way up to run for higher office or those who can parachute in with checks for $5 million or $10 million, and that seems to be the definition of credible or legitimate. I'm rejecting that premise. ↗

— Elizabeth Emken

#career politicians #checks #credible #definition #different

Politicians all too often think about the next election. Statesmen think about the next generation. ↗

— Linda Lingle

#election #generation #next #next election #often

As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#fact #feel #many #people #politicians

I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking. ↗

— Michael Palin

#far #going #i #know #leaders