#politics

Sometimes in politics, you think you've seen it all. Turns out I was wrong. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#out #politics #seen #sometimes #think

Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#capacity #course #does #draws #dynamism

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#become #cannot #close #exercise #governments

It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. ↗

— Joseph Stalin

#cast #count #decide #election #enough

After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#business #degrading #everything #family #individual

Politics thrives on simple, clean messages, something that played to Obama's advantage in 2008. Stagnant unemployment and the loss of America's AAA rating are as simple and tough as they come. This is the economy on Obama's watch, and there's no one left to blame. ↗

— John Sununu

#america #blame #clean #come #economy

My close proximity to many of the newsmakers can give me a different perspective about people in politics and what they might say than others who don't know them. ↗

— Greta Van Susteren

#close #close proximity #different #different perspective #give

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#anything #changed #illegal #make #voting

Look how many millions of people are underemployed or have lost their jobs. The last thing I'm going to do is play politics with their future. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#going #how #i #jobs #last

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ↗

— George Orwell

#design