Politician Quotes - Page 23

• I’m not a politician. I think that uniquely qualifies me to become president of the U.S.

  Roseanne Barr

  Thinking, President

  "Roseanne Barr: Why You Should Vote for Me for President" by Abigail Pesta, www.thedailybeast.com. August 8, 2012.

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• The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang out with politicians.

  Roseanne Barr

  Real, Voice, Alive

  "Q&A: Roseanne Barr, on marijuana, the CIA, and how she is, in fact, the president". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. April 25, 2013.

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• The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Political, Challenges, Politics

  Jean Baudrillard (1990). “Cool Memories”, p.191, Verso

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• More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance for political gain. My first response is that if you cannot trust a party on the value of defending human life, how can you trust it on issues like marginal tax rates?

  Gary Bauer

  Party, Issues, Political

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• Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he certainly is among the most accomplished at it.

  Bob Beauprez

  Lying, People, Promise

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• The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.

  Aneurin Bevan

  Political, Labels, Genius

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• What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Funny, Country, Humorous

  Ambrose Bierce (1968). “The Ambrose Bierce satanic reader: selections from the invective journalism of the great satirist”

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• I don't need politicians doing a 24-hour prayer with Oral Roberts to get our country back on track.

  Lewis Black

  Country, Prayer, Track

  Interview with Chris Mincher, www.avclub.com. May 20, 2008.

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• You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of the time that's healthy and indeed even creative. But it's where - it's really when news organisations are used as kind of instruments of politics that it gets tricky.

  Tony Blair

  Media, Creative, Healthy

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• Politicians, no matter who they are, shouldn't be able to manipulate the public on a single issue and then call an election at the height of support - that's a little bit of a manipulation of democracy.

  Jim Bolger

  Issues, Support, Democracy

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• There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.

  John Bolton

  Patriotic, Careers, Patriotism

  "Bolton 2012?". Interview with Robert Costa, www.nationalreview.com. June 20, 2011.

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• I am not a professional politician.

  John Bolton

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• In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Mistake, Power, Political

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• Hanging out with politicians and corporations is very unhip work. But I think that the U2 audience have turned out to be incredibly subtle in their understanding.

  Bono

  Thinking, Understanding, Corporations

  "Bono: 'There's a difference between cosying up to power and being close to power'". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2013.

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• I'm a singer, not a politician, and I think you don't want the two to get confused. It's not OK to be on CNN talking about people starving and then tell the interviewer that your new album is coming out in six months.

  Bono

  Confused, Thinking, Talking

  "Relief Pitcher". Interview with Susan Dominus, archive.nytimes.com.

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• I think that if we don't get these politicians to come together we face the most predictable economic crisis in history.

  Erskine Bowles

  Thinking, Together, Faces

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• To me, a politician's job is to listen to constituents' problems and try to sort them out.

  Jo Brand

  Jobs, Trying, Problem

  "Jo Brand: If the Tories are re-elected in 2015, it could be the end of the NHS". Interview with Rachael Bletchly, www.mirror.co.uk. June 14, 2013.

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• I suspect most politicians feel overwhelmed because people's lives are a real struggle, full of unhappiness, and you would probably feel powerless to do anything about it.

  Jo Brand

  Real, Struggle, People

  "Jo Brand: If the Tories are re-elected in 2015, it could be the end of the NHS" by Rachael Bletchly, www.mirror.co.uk. June 14, 2013.

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• One thing I want to do is create something called Ring Around Congress. It would be a state deal and also a national thing, where the kids, as a field trip, will go and join hands around Congress and give the politicians report cards on how they're voting on hunger issues.

  Jeff Bridges

  Kids, Issues, Hands

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. January 10, 2011.

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• I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change - within himself, not on the outside.

  Joseph Brodsky

  Change, Believe, Men

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• I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.

  Albert Brooks

  Iowa, Members, Caucus

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• Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying the planet and laying the foundation for violent outbursts and racial division.

  Jerry Brown

  Thinking, Media, Patterns

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• Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Dog, Believe, Cat

  "9 Reasons A Cat Should Be President" by Rita Mae Brown, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 18, 2012.

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• We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?

  Rita Mae Brown

  Life, Animal, Thinking

  "9 Reasons A Cat Should Be President" by Rita Mae Brown, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 18, 2012.

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• World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.

  Harry Browne

  War, World, Interest

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