“Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have to march into Washington and dictate the terms of peace in the White House. I wonder if our politicians, among whom armchair arguments about war are being glibly bandied about in the name of state politics, have confidence as to the final outcome and are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices.” IfsShouldWarStatesEnoughCertainHouseNamesTermWhiteUnitedWonderBreakUnited StatesSacrificeVictoryPoliticianArgumentPreparedFinalsOutcomesJapanMarchWhite HouseHawaiiSan FranciscoHostilityHave ConfidenceBreak OutPhilippinesArmchairsGuam Author:Isoroku Yamamoto
“Like all born politicians, their eye was for the main chance rather than for the argument, and they found it easier to forswear a conviction than to forego a comfort.” EyeFoundBornChancePoliticianEasierComfortArgumentConviction Book:The Old Dominion Edition of the Works of Ellen Glasgow: The Miller of Old Church Source: The Old Dominion Edition of the Works of Ellen Glasgow: The Miller of Old Church
“I love books, food, music, sleep, people who work, heated arguments, the United States of America, and my wife and children. I dislike politicians, preachers, genteel persons, people who do not work or are on vacation, closed minds, movies, loud noises, and oiliness.” PeopleMindChildrenPersonsBookStatesAmericaSleepUnitedUnited StatesWifePoliticianArgumentMy WifeNoiseLoudDislikeVacationPreacherUnited States Of AmericaClosed MindLoud Noises Author:Rex Stout
“One of the difficulties of politics is that politicians are shocked by those who are really prepared to let their thinking reach any conclusion. Political thinking consists in deciding upon the conclusion first and then finding good arguments for it. An open mind is considered irresponsible- and perhaps it really is.” ThinkingMindFirstsPoliticalPoliticianFindingsArgumentDifficultyPreparedConclusionShockedOpen MindIrresponsiblePolitical Thinking Author:Richard Crossman
“Today I have lost one of my dearest friends, England one of her greatest men. Keith Joseph understood that it was necessary to win again the intellectual argument for freedom, and that to do this we must start from first principles. He was in many ways an unlikely revolutionary. For all his towering intellect, he was deeply humble. He spoke out boldly, however hostile the audience. Yet he hated to give offence. Above all, his integrity shone out in everything he said and did. His best memorial lies in the younger generations of politicians whom he inspired. But for me he is irreplaceable.” MenWayGivingFirstsSaidTodayLyingWinningLostPrinciplesAudienceGenerationsPoliticianIntegrityIntellectualUnderstoodArgumentEnglandInspiredHumbleIntellectHatedRevolutionarySpokesHostileUnlikelyMemorialOffenceYounger GenerationKeithIrreplaceableLost OnesGreatest ManDearest Friend Author:Margaret Thatcher
“It is true that there`s an economic argument and an economic feeling that something different needs to happen and politicians talking out of both sides of their mouth and all that kind of stuff.” NeedsKindDifferentFeelingsHappensStuffSidesTalkingEconomicPoliticianMouthsArgumentBoth Sides Author:Howard Dean
“Mein Kampf, this terrible book of Adolph Hitler is outlawed. I made a point in the Dutch parliament that I say to all these liberal politicians and socialist politicians in my own parliament that, "Hey you are very happy here, you applauded the fact that Mein Kampf was outlawed in the Netherlands. If you are really consistent, you should, for the same arguments that you use as liberal politicians to outlaw Mein Kampf, outlaw the Koran as well."” IfsShouldWellsMadeBookFactsUseMy OwnPoliticianTerribleArgumentHeyConsistentSocialistVery HappyParliamentDutchOutlawHey YouMein KampfNetherlandsAdolph Hitler Author:Geert Wilders
“Ronald Reagan, and before him, Richard Nixon, and before Nixon, a slew of conservative politicians going back through American history, have played to the idea that the great majority of poor people are somehow "undeserving," and being undeserving, merit at best very limited, oftentimes deeply coercive and humiliating, government interventions to better their finances. That narrative isn't about to disappear overnight; but it strikes me as being like a weak gruel - there's no sustenance in it, no heft behind the argument.” PeoplePoorPoliticianArgumentWeakConservativeDisappearFinanceAmerican HistoryPoor PeopleHumiliating Author:Sasha Abramsky
“Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good thing, and one of the best arguments for immigration reform, even if you'll rarely hear a politician make it.” IfsPoliticianStandardsArgumentGood ThingsWorkersImmigrationReformBordersWagesCrossingsStandards Of LivingImmigration Reform Author:James Surowiecki