“Cats are oppressed, dogs terrify them, landladies starve them, boys stone them, everybody speaks of them with contempt. If they were human beings we could talk of their oppressors with a studied violence, add our strength to theirs, even organize the oppressed and like good politicians sell our charity for power.” IfsHumansSpeakHuman BeingsBoysViolenceDogPoliticianStonesCatSellsAddCharityContemptOppressedOrganizeOppressorsGood Politicians Book:A Vision: The Revised 1937 Edition: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Source: A Vision: The Revised 1937 Edition: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats
“My father had a deep and lifelong contempt for politicians in general ("They tell lies," he used to say with wonder, "even when they don't have to").” UsedLyingFatherWonderPoliticianContemptLifelong Author:Gore Vidal
“Well, teachers have been profoundly demoralized in recent years and are often treated with contempt by politicians. There's a great deal of reckless rhetoric in Washington about the mediocrity of the teaching profession - and I don't find that to be true at all.” YearsWellsHas BeensDealsTeacherTeachingPoliticianProfessionTreatedBeing TrueContemptMediocrityRhetoricRecklessDemoralizedTeaching Profession Author:Jonathan Kozol