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“SOME YEARS, like some poets,and politicians and some lovely women, are singled out for fame far beyond the common lot, and 1929 was clearly such a year.”

Years Common Poet Politician Fame Lovely Lovely Woman

Book:THE GREAT CRASH 1929

Source: THE GREAT CRASH 1929

“Men and women ... do you not realize that the State is the worst enemy you have? It is a machine that crushes you in order to sustain the ruling class, your masters. Like naïve children you put your trust in your political leaders. You make it possible for them to creep into your confidence, only to have them betray you to the first bidder. But even where there is no direct betrayal, the labour politicians make common cause with your enemies to keep you in leash, to prevent your direct action. The State is the pillar of capitalism, and it is ridiculous to expect any redress from it.”

“The great common people of this country are slaves, and monopoly is the master. . . . The politicians said we suffered from overproduction. Overproduction, when 10,000 little children, so statistics tell us, starve to death every year in the United States. . . . We will stand by our homes and stay by our fireside by force if necessary, and we will not pay our debts to the loan-shark companies until the government pays its debts to us.”

People Ifs Years Children Littles Said Country States Home Government Force United Common Pay Company United States Masters Politician Slave Debt Statistics Loan Monopoly Sharks

Author:Mary Elizabeth Lease

“No-knock police raids destroy Americans' right to privacy and safety. People's lives are being ruined or ended as a result of unsubstantiated assertions by anonymous government informants. ... Unfortunately, no-knock raids are becoming more common as federal, state, and local politicians and law enforcement agencies decide that the war on drugs justified nullifying the Fourth Amendment. ... No-knock raids in response to alleged narcotics violations presume that the government should have practically unlimited power to endanger some people's lives in order to control what others ingest.”

“It has not been the style of Canadian politicians to write of their experiences, although it is the common practice for British, French, and American Politicians upon their retirement. But I have been criticized before and I expect to be again.”

Writing Has Beens Common Practice Style Politician British Retirement

Book:Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage

Source: Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage

“Recently in Washington, unfortunately, we have seen examples of the wrong kind of leadership -- when politicians choose scorched earth over common ground, when they operate in what I call the 'evidence-free zone,' with ideology trumping everything else.”

“Office of itself does much to equalize politicians. It by no means brings all characters to a level; but it does bring high characters down and low characters up towards a common standard.”

Mean Doe Character Levels Common Politician Office Lows Standards Down And

Author:Thomas B. Macaulay

“I think politicians and comedians have a lot in common. One is a group of approval-seeking narcissists who will say and do anything to be liked... and comedians are always talking about politics.”

Thinking Common Talking Groups Politician Seeking Comedian Approval Narcissist

Author:Aasif Mandvi

“The most common thing that real reporters say to me is, "I wish I could say what you say." What I don't understand is, why can't they say what I say, even in their own way? Does that mean they want to be able to name certain bald contradictions or hypocrisies that politicians have?”

Way Want Mean Doe Real Able Certain Names Wish Common Politician Hypocrisy Contradiction Reporters Common Things

Author:Stephen Colbert

“Advocacy groups, politicians, and bureaucrats use the government to advance their private good instead of the common good.”

Use Government Common Groups Politician Common Good Bureaucrats Advocacy

Author:Joel Miller

“I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago!.”

People Men Believe Long War Nations Bits Common Politician Don't Believe Guilty Capitalist Long Ago Common Man Wise People

Book:The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

Source: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

“As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.”

Important Film Culture Differences Common Cases Politician Conflict Benefits Findings Makers Common Ground

Author:Abbas Kiarostami

“A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.”

Men Politics Ability Common Opinion Politician Statesmen Uncommon Statesmanship Politicians And Politics

Author:Walter Bagehot

“A common rhetorical strategy of politicians and others is to frame their opponents' views in the worst possible light, tacitly suggesting that all versions of the view must be committed to some particularly deplorable conclusion. Philosophers are not immune to this way of arguing.”

Way Light Views Common Worst Politician Strategy Philosopher Committed Arguing Versions Conclusion Opponents Immune Suggesting Rhetorical Rhetorical Strategies

Author:Dale Jamieson

“The Democratic Party is a closed clique. They are not the best and brightest. They're not the smartest. They haven't had to prove themselves in the market in many of these peoples' cases, the career politicians. This is the establishment. This is the elites. Their concerns just have very little in common. Illegal immigration, to complain about it is so, so uninformed and so small-minded. They never encounter, they never face the consequences of their own laws. They don't face the consequences of their own directives or actions.”

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”

People Knows Want Hard Politics Freedom Common Democracy Theory Politician Deserve Democracies Have Voting And Democracy

Author:H. L. Mencken

“The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.”

Common Attention Magic Politician Draws Magician

Author:Ben Okri

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