#politicians

Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#buy #favored #forced #join #members

The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#only #other #people #politicians #reporters

I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good. ↗

— David Baldacci

#bad #bad people #flip #good #good people

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer. ↗

— Len Deighton

#book #even #intention #politicians #professional

Sometimes you get politicians who dig their feet into the sand and aren't willing to listen to another voice. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#dig #feet #get #into #listen

I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because a politician that makes deals with criminals - I've said it, and I repeat it - is no longer a politician but just another 'capo.' ↗

— Josefina Vazquez Mota

#because #creating #criminals #deals #deserve

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

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#become #grow #grow up #mothers #politicians

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

— Henry A. Kissinger

#bad #give #ninety #other #percent