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“In these home affairs things I think occasionally it's the duty of politicians on both sides to turn round to the tabloids and right-wing newspapers and say 'you have your facts wrong and you're whipping up facts which are inaccurate”

Thinking Facts Home Turns Sides Duty Politician Wings Rounds Affair Newspapers Both Sides Right Wing Tabloids Whipping

Author:Kenneth Clarke

“Many politicians and pundits claim that the credit crunch and high mortgage foreclosure rate is an example of market failure and want government to step in to bail out creditors and borrowers at the expense of taxpayers who prudently managed their affairs. These financial problems are not market failures but government failure. ... The credit crunch and foreclosure problems are failures of government policy.”

“The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves the whole, and by yielding in a small matter secures a greater.”

Matter Whole Politics Greater Wise Politician Affair Posture

Book:Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography

Source: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography

“A man's interest in the world is only the overflow from his interest in himself. When you are a child your vessel is not yet full;so you care for nothing but your own affairs. When you grow up, your vessel overflows; and you are a politician, a philosopher, or an explorer and adventurer. In old age the vessel dries up: there is no overflow: you are a child again.”

Men World Children Care Age Grows Interest Growing Up Politician Concern Affair Philosopher Old Age Vessel Explorers Adventurer Overflow

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“Are there anything more dishonourable and more coward than not marching in front of the army after taking the decision of war as a politician? Sending others for dying but keeping himself in safety is the affair of the low man only!”

Men War Decision Dying Fronts Politician Lows Army Safety Affair Coward

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“I'm convinced that the most important division in human affairs is probably not the one between left and right, liberal and conservative. It's the one between zealotry and understanding, between absolute conviction and compromise, between preachers and politicians.”

Humans Important Left Understanding Politician Absolutes Affair Conservative Conviction Convinced Compromise Division Preacher Left And Right Zealotry

Author:Bill Keller

“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

“Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified.”

Enough Sound Growth Too Much Politician Cost Affair Burden Heavy Regulation Justified Small Business Love Affair Enough Time Admission Paperwork Exemption Not Enough Time

Author:John Sununu