“I don't like it, to be honest, when politicians make a big thing of their religious beliefs, so I don't make a big thing of it.” BigsReligionBeliefReligiousHonestPoliticianBeing HonestBig ThingsReligious Belief Author:Tony Blair
“The public is tired of politicians professing certain beliefs and not acting on those beliefs. They want elected officials who have the moral courage to do what they will say they will do when they're running for election.” WantRunningCertainBeliefActingMoralPoliticianElectionTiredOfficialsMoral CourageElected Officials Author:Colonel Tom Parker
“Politicians read the polls that show 85 or 90 percent of the voters profess a belief in God, so they identify themselves with religion, often only to the degree necessary to reach the constituency they are targeting.” ShowsBeliefPoliticianDegreesPercentVotersPollsBelief In God Author:Jack Germond
“It is my belief that politicians should not be stepping into the realm of history. Rather, politicians should be taking a future-oriented perspective.” ShouldBeliefPerspectivePoliticianRealms Author:Shinzo Abe
“A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word 'BUT' which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative - before they tell you. Thus: 'I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but...(a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).” WayFirstsPoliticsBeliefStrongCuttingListeningPoliticianOppositesConservativeActiveSentencesDefenseBillionsMaximumAlways BelieveProposeComprehensionClausesNational Defense Author:Frank Mankiewicz
“As Stephen Jay Gould pointed out in Time, in no other Western country is the teaching of Evolution regarded as controversial. Throughout the world, one way or another, most Christian denominations have managed to reconcile belief in God with belief in the mechanisms of natural selection. A French or German or Scandinavian politician who called for students to entertain as a reasonable deduction from existing evidence the proposition that Earth is at most 10,000 years old would be bundled off to a mental hospital.” WorldWayYearsCountryWould BeEarthChristianBeliefNaturalAtheismTeachingStudentsEvolutionPoliticianEvidenceWesternPositive AtheismOne WayReasonableHospitalsMechanismPropositionsSelectionControversialReconcileNatural SelectionBelief In GodDeductionsDenominationsScandinaviansChristian DenominationsJay Gould Author:Katha Pollitt
“The widespread belief among politicians and pundits is that high test scores are everything. I strongly disagree. What matters most is character. Working hard, treating others with respect and honesty-those are the keys to success.” MatterHardCharacterBeliefHonestyKeysPoliticianTestsScoreDisagreeWhat MattersKey To SuccessPunditsTreating OthersTest ScoresTreating Others With Respect Author:Hal Urban
“A ginooine statesman should be on his guard, if he must hev beliefs, not to b'lieve 'em too hard.” IfsShouldHardBeliefPoliticianEmsStatesmen Author:James Russell Lowell
“We're in a strange state in our world where we sort of have that belief - and I have it too - that if it's written down there's got to be some truth in it. We haven't quite got to the spot where you go: "Well, it doesn't necessarily mean it's true." It could actually be completely made up and made to look very nice. So, we have to get to the point where scandal and those kinds of things are less and less important because otherwise we won't have anyone willing to run as politicians.” IfsWorldWellsLooksKindMeanMadeImportantStatesRunningBeliefNiceWrittenHavensStrangeWillingPoliticianSpotsOur WorldScandalVery Nice Author:George Clooney
“I don't trust politicians. I think that by the time they've made it, with the concessions they've had to make in that position, I don't believe they still have the beliefs they had at the root.” ThinkingBelieveMadeStillsBeliefPositionPoliticianRootsDon't BelieveMade ItDon't TrustConcessions Author:Rick Astley
“Those who are talking sharia in Nigeria are really just politicians exploiting what they think is available. But if it should turn out that there are in fact whole sections of the country which believe that it is legitimate to chop off peoples hands because they stole a hen - if that should really turn out to be the genuine belief of responsible, educated people in the North than I would say there is no chance. But I do not believe that is the case. The sharia was always there but it was never force onto non-Muslims and it was not ever applied in the area of criminal law.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldBelieveCountryWholeFactsHandsLawTurnsBeliefForceChanceTalkingCasesPoliticianAreasResponsibleAvailableCriminalsGenuineEducatedSectionsNigeriaHensCriminal LawSharia Author:Chinua Achebe
“The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.” PeopleInspirationalBelieveCountryPoliticalPoliticsBeliefTroubleFoolPoliticianConviction Author:Franklin P. Adams
“I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.” BelieveEndsEvilPoliticsBeliefI BelieveInterestingPoliticianConflictTriumphGood And EvilGood WillIron Lady Author:Margaret Thatcher