“I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today.” IfsCountryMightTodayFatherMilitaryBecomingPoliticianSixMy FamilyPrisonProfessorsGrandfatherDictatorshipMy Grandfather Author:George Papandreou
“My father had a deep and lifelong contempt for politicians in general ("They tell lies," he used to say with wonder, "even when they don't have to").” UsedLyingFatherWonderPoliticianContemptLifelong Author:Gore Vidal
“My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.” ImportantFatherPartyLeaderProgressPoliticianDemocraticDemocratic Party Author:Zaha Hadid
“Our country was founded on a distrust of government. Our founding fathers gave power to the people to keep an eye on government. So when politicians say, 'Trust me,' they're actually being very un-American.” PeopleCountryGovernmentEyeFatherPoliticianOur CountryFoundingDistrustTrust MeOur Founding Fathers Author:David Duchovny
“Modern candidates seem to have to live with political matters all the time. In my father's time, a politician's home was still his castle.” StillsMatterHomeSeemsPoliticalFatherModernPoliticianCandidatesCastles Author:Rose Kennedy