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“It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish to say, which may bear no relation at all to what you've asked them.”

Wells May Wish Interest Bears Politician Relation Schooled Vested Interests

Author:Jeremy Paxman

“every man who takes a part in politics, especially in times when parties run high, must expect to be abused; they must bear it; and their friends must learn to bear it for them.”

Men Running Party Bears Politician Every Man

Book:Works

Source: Works

“The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.”

Political Politics Term Bears Politician Controlled Term Limits

Book:Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders

Source: Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders

“The din of politicians speechifying about the war, the faux moral posturing of opinion-makers who claim to speak in the name of 'the troops,' everything that Iraq has come to represent in the American imagination - it all melts away in the 115-degree heat. What's left is the machinery of a war that, having been called into being by civilians, no longer bears a relation to anything they say.”

War Names Left Speak Imagination Moral Opinion Bears Politician Degrees Claims Relation Iraq Heat Makers Troops Machinery Civilians Faux

Author:Lawrence Kaplan

“Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.”

Government Politics Baby Bears Politician Eating Governing

Book:Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut

Source: Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut