“I'm not a politician. I don't know how to solve the problems of the world. But as an artist, I have one duty: to ask questions.” KnowsWorldProblemArtistAsksKnow HowDutyPoliticianSolve Author:Marjane Satrapi
“Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians.” KnowsQualityHonestPoliticianFellowsBeing HonestHonest With YourselfBe Honest With Yourself Author:Ma Ying-jeou
“Above all else stands the burning question of bipartisanship. Whatever else the politicians might say they're about, our news analysts know that this is the true object of the nation's desire, the topic to which those slippery presidential spokesmen need always to be dragged back.” KnowsNeedsMightDesireNationsObjectsPoliticianNewsBurningPresidentialTopicsAnalystsSlipperyBipartisanship Author:Thomas Frank
“I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician. This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw 'The Killing Fields,' and I've got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.” KnowsYearsWellsIdeasFeltSupportSawsGroupsPolicyFieldsPoliticianYears AgoKillingComedianPotGood IdeasPublic PolicySatiristFundraiserSchmucks Author:Al Franken
“I think politicians know how to misrepresent data in order to support a political agenda. Politicians and the people that work for them - I should say - are expert at that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldPoliticalOrderSupportKnow HowPoliticianDataExpertsAgendasPolitical Agendas Author:Seth Gordon
“There's a dangerous bottom-lining, and super-summarizing that happens in a lot of our press and our media, and sort of our politicians' talking points, that's dangerously simple. I don't know a better way to say it. And there's usually a lot more complicated facts going on than what is quoted and quotable.” KnowsWayFactsHappensSimpleTalkingMediaDangerousPoliticianPressesBottomComplicatedBetter WaysSummarizing Author:Seth Gordon