Politician Quotes - Page 30

• American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.

  Russell Simmons

  Sight, People, Democracy

  "Russell Simmons On Whitney Houston At Vivienne Tam". Interview with Lorraine Cwelich, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 16, 2012.

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• Most politicians are not authentic.

  Simon Sinek

  "Remember Why You Started: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

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• Interviewing politicians and movie stars, you know what you'll get. I like the people-stories better.

  Shepard Smith

  Stars, People, Stories

  "Fox News' Shepard Smith Explains What's 'Right' About His Network". Interview with Paul Bond, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 31, 2012.

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• Politicians all over the world cater to domestic vote banks. They will spend only on what their constituents want. So unless there is a grass root green movement in a nation the politicians will not be willing to spend money on curbing emissions. More awareness is needed amongst the people to effect the real change in how governments spend.

  Wilbur Smith

  Real, Roots, Government

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• Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it is on a geopolitical scale.

  Zadie Smith

  Artist, Errors, Scales

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• The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his 'basic rights.'

  Thomas Sowell

  Teaching, Men, Rights

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.328, Hoover Press

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• I don't like politicians who vacillate.

  Eliot Spitzer

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• A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Mouths, Politics, Approach

  "The Fine Art of Political Wit". Book by Leon Harris, 1964.

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• Nothing panics politicians like $4 a gallon gas.

  John Sununu

  Panic, Gas, Gallons

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• Politicians wishing to set a better tone should have the discipline to avoid televised cage matches.

  John Sununu

  Should Have, Discipline, Wish

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• Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified.

  John Sununu

  Growth, Enough Time, Cost

  First Speech by Anne Ruston as representative of South Australia, www.anneruston.com.au. October 10, 2012.

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• Of course, politicians always say they're just describing their opponents' positions, even if they are in fact offering absurd caricatures, if not outright lies.

  James Surowiecki

  Lying, Offering, Opponents

  "Stand Up For Your Budget, Paul Ryan". www.newyorker.com. April 4, 2012.

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• When Americans are asked to rank professions in terms of honesty and ethics, insurance agents routinely end up near the bottom of the list - somewhere between politicians and car salesmen. Generally, insurers are seen as clever hucksters who prey on insecurity and ignorance to sell people what they don't need at prices they shouldn't have to pay.

  James Surowiecki

  Clever, Honesty, Ignorance

  "Mixed Motives". www.newyorker.com. November 8, 2004.

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• Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good thing, and one of the best arguments for immigration reform, even if you'll rarely hear a politician make it.

  James Surowiecki

  Immigration, Reform, Borders

  "Immigration Reform and the American Worker". www.newyorker.com. February 21, 2013.

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• This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.

  Matt Taibbi

  Jobs, Men, Ideas

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• What we have now is a situation where politicians get a whole bunch of money from mainly business interests. Then once they hold that office, they spend all their time in office paying back over and over again those campaign contributions through various favors and contracts and that sort of thing.

  Matt Taibbi

  Office, Campaigns, Favors

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• You win the modern financial-regulation game by filing the most motions, attending the most hearings, giving the most money to the most politicians and, above all, by keeping at it, day after day, year after fiscal year, until stealing is legal again.

  Matt Taibbi

  Winning, Years, Games

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• I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.

  Serj Tankian

  Artist, Expression, Avenues

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Giving Up, Play, Cricket

  "Cricket pitch to parliament: Sachin Tendulkar's political move" by Harmeet Shah Singh, www.cnn.com. May 02, 2012.

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• I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.

  Twyla Tharp

  Thinking, Decision, Different

  "The High Priestess of Creative Movement". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 25, 1993.

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• It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.

  Anthony Trollope

  Honesty, Men, Political

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• One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.

  Donald Trump

  Success, Business, Keys

  "Less Than Artful Choices: Narcissistic Personality Disorder According to Donald Trump" by Maria Konnikova, bigthink.com. 2017.

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• You can't have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That's a recipe for disaster. And I don't mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Mean, People, Office

  "Neil deGrasse Tyson On Literacy, Curiosity, Education, And Being 'In Your Face'". Interview with Linda Holmes, www.npr.org. February 25, 2010.

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• I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.

  Jesse Ventura

  Believe, Careers, Telling The Truth

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• The SuperPACs and the Citizens United ruling that gives corporations a voice in the political process are all bad news. They made it so you can now lie, and the politician being promoted on that lie will not be held responsible for it.

  Jesse Ventura

  Lying, Voice, Giving

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