“The secret lives of politicians are always shady. People need to accept the fact that their leaders aren't perfect. No one is.” PeopleNeedsFactsPerfectSecretLeaderAcceptingPoliticianSecret LifeShady Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.” YearsAcceptingCareersPoliticianDefeatRuins Book:My Years as Prime Minister Source: My Years as Prime Minister
“The old freedom sufficiently survives in the mind of the wage earner to give him the illusion that, while accepting insurance and maintenance from the capitalist state, he can still be a full citizen. He thinks he can have his cake and eat it too. He is mistaken. The great capitalists who procured these regulations from the politicians knew what they were at. They were catching their proletariat in a net, and now they hold it fast.” ThinkingGivingMindStillsStatesWisdomPoliticsAcceptingEconomyCitizensPoliticianIllusionLiberalismCakeCapitalistRegulationMistakenCatchingMaintenanceProletariat Book:Essays of a Catholic Source: Essays of a Catholic
“No senior politician can expect to have work-life balance. I'm afraid there are some jobs for which work-life balance inevitably goes out the window. If you want work-life balance you just have to accept that you can't be a senior member of a government, or for that matter a senior member of an opposition.” IfsWantMatterGovernmentJobsAcceptingBalancePoliticianMembersWindowOppositionSeniorWork Life BalanceLife Balance Author:Tony Abbott
“People who refuse to accept unpleasant truths have no right to complain about politicians who lie to them. What other kind of candidates would such people elect?” PeopleKindLyingAcceptingPoliticianRefuseComplainingCandidates Author:Thomas Sowell
“Almost no one will accept responsibility for his or her role in precipitating a crisis: not leveraged speculators, not willfully blind leaders of financial institutions, and certainly not regulators, government officials, ratings agencies or politicians.” GovernmentResponsibilityLeaderAcceptingRolesPoliticianCrisisInstitutionsBlindFinancialAgencyOfficialsRatingRegulatorsGovernment OfficialsSpeculatorsFinancial Institutions Author:Seth Klarman
“No man can do both effective and decent work in public life unless he is a practical politician on the one hand, and a sturdy believer in Sunday-school politics on the other. He must always strive manfully for the best, and yet, like Abraham Lincoln, must often resign himself to accept the best possible.” MenHandsSchoolCan DoAcceptingPoliticianStriveBelieverPracticalsDecentSundayAbrahamPublic LifeSunday SchoolSturdyDecent Work Book:Writings Source: Writings
“I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so.” PeopleAcceptingRightsAcceptancePoliticianCallingCriticsAwfulAfrican AmericanCall MeFreedom Of Speech Author:Barack Obama
“These self-anointed intellectuals are people who think that those who believe in God and Jesus Christ, those who 'cling to their guns and their religion,' are a lower form of animal life, while they, themselves, have no problem whatever accepting Obama as a messiah and, in the past, deifying the likes of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Let's face it, when you kneel in a church, you're accepting that there is something greater and wiser than yourself in the universe. When, on the other hand, you kneel to a left-wing politician, you're merely emulating Monica Lewinsky.” PeopleThinkingBelieveSelfProblemHandsPastFacesFormUniverseJesusLeftChristChurchAnimalAcceptingGreaterPoliticianGunJesus ChristBillsWingsClintonLikesBelieve In GodWiserNo ProblemJimmyCarterMessiahLeft WingAnimal LifeMonica Author:Burt Prelutsky
“To Americans, Washington is a giant cesspool. It's no wonder almost half of Americans (47%) now agree with the statement 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.' It's us (the people) versus them (the politicians), and it doesn't matter what primary color you wear [...] I was involved in the 1994 elections, and I will never forget the arrogance of the Democrats back then, and how they refused to accept the electoral reality facing them. It is no different today.” PeopleDifferentMatterRealityTodayForgetHalfAcceptingWonderHellColorInvolvedPoliticianElectionAgreeMadDemocratStatementsPrimariesGiantsArroganceNever ForgetVersusPrimary Colors Author:Frank Luntz
“So what we have is an American foreign policy that is inextricably linked to domestic matters. It is very dangerous for a politician who desires nothing more than to stay in office to address the mindset that any change in policy is appeasement. And Americans will accept that for a certain amount of time.” MatterDesireCertainAcceptingDangerousPolicyAmountPoliticianOfficeMindsetAddressesForeign PolicyLinkedAppeasementAmerican Foreign Policy Author:Michael Scheuer
“There you see how absurd the reactions of the so-called markets are. For a long time, Italy was run by one of the most unprofessional politicians anywhere. But there wasn't much pressure in terms of speculation. Now, in Mario Monti, Italy has the kind of leader you usually only get in Hollywood movies, a distinguished professor who won't even accept a cook at his residence, the Palazzo Chigi. Instead Monti's wife cooks their pasta herself - and this is the man the markets don't trust.” MenKindLongRunningTermLeaderAcceptingWifeHe ManPoliticianLong TimeHollywoodPressureReactionsAbsurdCooksProfessorsSpeculationDistinguishedDon't TrustPastaResidenceHollywood MoviesMario Author:Martin Schulz
“Donald Trump is the most outspoken, transparent, here's what I want to do, here's what I think we should do. There's no mystery here. But since other politicians aren't that transparent, since they don't act that up front, they just can't accept that anybody would. So they're forever gonna be confused.” ThinkingWantShouldAcceptingForeverMysteryFrontsTrumpPoliticianConfusedTransparentOutspoken Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It was my mistake in the first days of the electoral campaign. I understand the mistake. I don't accept that people who say, "Oh, politicians have to refuse to admit the mistakes." No. I am an, I am a man. I can make some mistakes.” PeopleMenMistakeAcceptingPoliticianMy Mistakes Author:Matteo Renzi
“I have great respect for press freedoms. At the same time, however, a politician also has the freedom to decide whether he or she will accept an invitation to appear on a show or not.” AcceptingPoliticianInvitationsFreedom Of The PressGreat Respect Author:Angela Merkel