P Quotes
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“Politics swings like a pendulum.”
“Politics takes patience, time, listening and endless meetings.”
“Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement.”
“Politics: The Circus of Chicanery”
“Politics these days is a disgusting game of mud-slinging, filled with selfish people with selfish aims. I'm very glad I've retired away from the hustle and bustle of Whitehall.”
“Politics to me was the whining of an old braggart too proud to admit his faults and too vain to try something new. All of their agendas and manifestos were nothing but a lucrative offer to deceive the fools and encourage the clever in deceiving more fools.”
Source: Solemn Tales of Human Hearts
“Politics was good a hundred years ago. Today, politicians have no ability to solve any problems because they are not students of behavior. They are not students of agriculture, oceanography - they know nothing about the factors that operate the world.”
“Politics was his passion, but he wasn't suited for the rough-and-tumble of the game. He felt things too deeply. There was no wall between his head and his heart.”
“Politics was my hobby, and I really spent 25 years as a full-time homemaker. I tell the feminists the only person's permission I had to get was my husband's.”
“Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.”
“Politics was not just about winning the election, it was about winning decisively--having the momentum to carry out one's vision. Historically, any president who squeaked into office on a narrow margin accomplished much less; he was weakened right out of the gate, and Congress never seemed to let him forget it.”
Source: Deception Point
“Politics was sort of a way of life in our family.”
“politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names”
Source: Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…
“Politics will always mean more to the poor. Always. That's why we strike and march, and despair when our young say they won't vote. That's why the poor are seen as more vital, and animalistic. No classical music for us - no walking around National Trust properties or buying reclaimed flooring. We don't have nostalgia. We don't do yesterday. We can't bear it. We don't want to be reminded of our past, because it was awful: dying in mines and slums without literacy or the vote. Without dignity. It was all so desperate then. That's why the present and the future is for the poor - that's the place in time for us: surviving now, hoping for better later. We live now - for our own instant hot, fast treats, to pep us up: sugar, a cigarette, a new fast song on the radio.”
“Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be so much more powerful than he could ever be.”
“Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody.”
“Politics will take whatever shape it needs for people to get elected. But at the end of the day, the population remains and that's really, as an educator, who I care about.”
“Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.”
“Politics without principles, Education without character, Science without humanity, and Commerce without morality are not only useless, but also positively dangerous.”
“Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.”
“Politics' the polite word for antediluvian prejudices, the rags put on by enmity and tribal resentment.”
Source: Star of the Sea
“Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands, eh? We all have to give something!”
“Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest.”
“Politics, as any observer of the modern world knows, is the enemy of economics, everywhere and always.”
Source: We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism
“Politics, as hopeful men practise it in the world, consists mainly of the delusion that a change in form is a change in substance.”
Source: PREJUDICES A SELECTION
“Politics, as I never tire of saying, is for social and emotional misfits, handicapped folk, those with a grudge. The purpose of politics is to help them overcome these feelings of inferiority and compensate for their personal inadequacies in the pursuit of power.”
Source: Another Voice: An Alternative Anatomy of Britain
“Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions, and consequently of no use to a good king or a good ministry; for which reason Courts are so overrun with
politics.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)
“Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.”
Source: The works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...: With the author's life and character; notes, historical, critical, and explanatory; tables of contents, and indexes. More complete than any preceding edition ... Accurately corrected by the best editions
“Politics, differences of religion or race, all that fades away when we are confronted with the awesome power of nature, and we're reminded that all we have is each other.”
“Politics, glamor, fame - they're all mixed up together, and they always have been.”
“Politics, in a sense, has always been a con game.”
Source: The Selling of the President
“Politics, in my judgment, has become not just the means to a policy ends, but it's become the end itself. Politics has become the sport that we all watch, and we all pay attention to.”
“Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.”
“Politics, life, and business are not spectator sports. You have to get involved to get ahead. Most importantly, when you reach that level of success, keep the door open and the ladder down for others to follow.”
“Politics, like advertising, is about people selling you things you didn't really want or need.”
“Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.”
Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence
“Politics, like theater, is one of those things where you've got to be wise enough to know when to leave.”
“Politics, nature, and what is happening all over the world is important to who we are and where we live.”
“Politics, of course, requires sweat, work, combat, and organization. But these should not be ugly words for and free people.”
“Politics, or controversy, or party spirit, or worldliness, have eaten
out the heart of lively piety in too many of us. The subject of
personal godliness has fallen sadly into the background.”
Source: HOLINESS;BEING PLAIN PAPERS ON ITS NATURE, HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES AND ROOTS
“Politics, poverty, riches, etc - these are but backdrops for the grand cinema, the opera: the glory of your life. Sure, change the backdrops, make them better, but it is this inside-ness that matters most. Nothing else, at the last breath, matters, but your very own poetry. The glory of living.”
“Politics, they all - talked to the insiders.”
“Politics, under a democracy, reduces itself to a mere struggle for office by flatterers of the proletariat; even when a superior man prevails at that disgusting game he must prevail at the cost of his self-respect. Not many superior men make the attempt. The average great captain of the rabble, when he is not simply a weeper over irremediable wrongs, is a hypocrite so far gone that he is unconscious of his own hypocrisy.. a slimy fellow, offensive to the nose.”
“Politics, war, marriage, crime, adultery. Everything that exists in the world has something to do with money.”
Source: The Captain and the Enemy
“Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.”
“Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.”
“Politics...You see, it depends on what kind of politics. What we did during my father's generation was a duty. And it was beautiful because its goal was the conquest of freedom.”
“Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition
“Politics: a Trojan horse race.”
“Politics: distrust all parties but consider capitalism must go.”