Politician Quotes - Page 31

• The politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible.

  Lech Walesa

  War, Nuclear, Way

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• I've often heard the complaint from both Democrat and Republican voters alike that they hate the fact that politicians get into office and they - and they're fearful, they're fearful to make tough decisions because they think more about the next election than they do about the next-generation.

  Scott Walker

  Hate, Thinking, Office

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• I've seen many politicians paralyzed in the legs as myself, but I've seen more of them who were paralyzed in the head.

  George C. Wallace

  Political, Legs, Politics

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• I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.

  Horace Walpole

  Political, Politics, Way

  Horace Walpole, John Wright (1840). “The letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: including numerous letters now first published from the original manuscripts”, p.313

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• One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion.

  Max Weber

  Responsibility, Passion, Feelings

  Max Weber (2009). “From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology”, p.115, Routledge

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• The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating in power over them, and above all, the feeling of holding in one's hands a nerve fiber of historically important events can elevate the professional politician above everyday routine even when he is placed in formally modest positions.

  Max Weber

  Men, Hands, Everyday Routine

  Max Weber (2009). “From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology”, p.115, Routledge

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• Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.

  Orson Welles

  Stupid, Intelligent, People

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• The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

  William Westmoreland

  Peace, Fear, Military

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

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• I really don't like women who try to be men. All these politicians, I think they're horrendous. We could have a brilliant future, but we have this terrible male vision of destroying everything. They'd better sort themselves out and become more womanly.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Men, Thinking, Vision

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• Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

  Benjamin Whichcote

  Political, Religion, Principles

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• Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.

  George Will

  Political, Mediocrity, Politics

  "Embracing Your Inner Mediocrity: Making Peace with Reality". Book by Vince Stone, 2009.

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• Politics in a democracy is transactional: Politicians seek votes by promising to do things for voters, who seek promises in exchange for their votes.

  George Will

  Promise, Democracy, Voters

  "A battle won, but a victory?" by George F. Will, www.washingtonpost.com. March 23, 2010.

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• Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.

  George Will

  Education, Passion, Purpose

  George F. Will (1984). “Statecraft as Soulcraft”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher.

  A. N. Wilson

  Fake People, Teacher, Laptops

  1999 In the Observer, 21Mar.

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• The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.

  Earl Wilson

  Political, Politics, Way

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• Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Political, Campaigns, Politics

  Woodrow Wilson (1966). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Real, College, Articles

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• I don't like politicians, and I don't like politics. I definitely don't want to be associated with any of them.

  Steven Wright

  Want

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• We have no control over the outcome of anything. Like the planet and global warming, we don't control that. If politicians want a war we don't control that. Acts of terrorism, we can't control them.

  will.i.am

  War, Want, Outcomes

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

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• There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends.

  Boris Yeltsin

  Friends, People, Political

  "The Struggle for Russia". Book by Boris Yeltsin, 1994.

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• Look at the way celebrities and politicians are using Facebook already. When Ashton Kutcher posts a video, he gets hundreds of pieces of feedback. Maybe he doesn't have time to read them all or respond to them all, but he's getting good feedback and getting a good sense of how people are thinking about that and maybe can respond to some of it.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Thinking, People, Pieces

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

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• 'The Week' is my favourite magazine. Everyone from presidents to CEOs of companies love it, politicians, people in the massive charity business in America, in the arts and even more especially in the media.

  Felix Dennis

  Art, Media, America

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• The only people you and I are likely to know in common are people in the news - politicians, journalists and celebrities.

  Helen Fisher

  People, News, Common

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• There are hardly any apprenticeships in care; hardly any schools preparing teenagers for jobs in care; and few signs that politicians know what to do to raise the status and rewards for what will soon be one of our most important industries.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Jobs, Teenager, School

  "The UK economy can still create jobs" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2012.

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• I know I'd be an absolutely horrendous politician.

  John Oliver

  Knows

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