#politics

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor. ↗

— Lady Bird Johnson

#bachelor #been #born #every #orphan

My friend told me later he got the chicken pox. I told him I caught politics and never got over it. ↗

— Jack Johnson

#chicken #friend #got #him #i

We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based. ↗

— Stephen King

#economics #interested #manufacturing #part #play

You know, I started my career in politics in 1967. I'm not new to this. I did not just fall off the Christmas tree. I understand the world is complex. I know that there are people out there who want to hurt other people. ↗

— Dennis Kucinich

#christmas #christmas tree #complex #did #fall

And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#america #american #american politics #belief #better

I don't really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#conservatism #gladly #i #label #labels

[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well, all the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#democracy-fascism #democracy-freedom #democracy-voting #democrats #elections

Well Australia's been in Afghanistan from the get go, way back in 2001, but we have been resolute throughout and with support from both sides of Australian politics. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australia #australian #back #been #both

As you see the political problems are closely connected with the economical problems. With the help of politics, we will open the way for the economy and this is why all these problems are included in the program of the newly elected government. ↗

— Ibrahim Rugova

#connected #economical #economy #elected #government

We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections. ↗

— Larry J. Sabato

#believe #congressional #elections #especially #live