“What made Obama unique was that he was the ultimate charismatic politician - the most unknown stranger ever to achieve the presidency in the United States. No one knew who he was, he came out of nowhere, he had this incredible persona that floated him above the fray, destroyed Hillary, took over the Democratic Party and became president. This is truly unprecedented: A young unknown with no history, no paper trail, no well-known associates, self-created.” WellsMadeSelfStatesYoungPresidentUnitedPartyKnownUnited StatesAchievePoliticianPaperUniqueUltimateDemocraticIncrediblesStrangerDestroyedAssociatesPresidencyWell KnownTrailsDemocratic PartyPersonaUnprecedentedCharismaticFray Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Human interactions, stimulated as they are by disequilibrium, never achieve balance. In even the most favorable transaction, one party whether he realizes it or not must always come out the worse.” HumansRealizingPartyAchieveBalanceInteractionTransactionsDisequilibrium Book:Rhialto the Marvellous Source: Rhialto the Marvellous
“The main thing that every political campaign in the United States demonstrates is that the politicians of all parties, despite their superficial enmities, are really members of one great brotherhood. Their principal, and indeed their sole, object is to collar public office, with all the privileges and profits that go therewith. They achieve this collaring by buying votes with other people's money.” PeopleStatesPoliticalUnitedPartyUnited StatesAchieveObjectsPoliticianMembersOfficeVotePrivilegeProfitCampaignsDespiteBuyingBrotherhoodSolePrincipalSuperficialCollarsEnmityPublic OfficePolitical Campaign Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“The [National Socialist] Party...is convinced that our nation can achieve permanent health only from within on the basis of the principle: The common interest before self-interest.” SelfNationsInterestPartyCommonPrinciplesAchieveBasesConvincedPermanentSocialistSelf InterestCommon InterestsSocialist Party Author:Adolf Hitler
“If you believe that a nation is really better off which achieves for a comparative few, those who are capable of attaining it, high culture, ease, opportunity, and that these few from their enlightenment should give what they consider best to those less favored, then you naturally belong to the Republican Party. But if you believe that people must struggle slowly to the light for themselves, then it seems to me that you are a Democrat.” PeopleIfsGivingShouldBelieveLightSeemsPoliticalCultureOpportunityNationsPartyStruggleAchieveRepublicanCapableEnlightenmentDemocratEaseRepublican PartyPolitical PartiesBetter OffIf You Believe Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“I have achieved what I set out to achieve when I took over the leadership. The Greens have gone from strength to strength with solid election results and a growing, engaged party membership.” ResultsPartyGoneGrowingAchieveElectionEngagedMembershipElection Results Author:Christine Milne
“The question Tony Blair should be reflecting on this weekend is having achieved this, having secured his place in the history of the Labour Party and the history of Britain, whether now might be a better time to let a new leader in who could then achieve the unity we need if we are going to go forward.” IfsNeedsShouldMightPartyLeaderAchieveUnityBritainLabourWeekendReflectingSecuredBlairLabour Party Author:Robin Cook
“It's my duty to fight those who have chosen to belong to the party of death, those who say they receive their orders from God somewhere and believe they have a duty to set the world on fire to achieve their own salvation.” WorldBelieveOrderFightingPartyFireAchieveDutySalvationChosen Author:Wole Soyinka