“Human beings are many-layered creatures, and do not succumb to the hegemony of others as easily as historians and politicians sometimes imply. Those Welsh, Scottish and Anglo-Irish individuals who became part of the British Establishment in this period did not in the main sell out in the sense of becoming Anglicised look-alikes. Instead, they became British in a new and intensely profitable fashion, while remaining in their own minds and behavior Welsh, or Scottish, or Irish aswell.” MindHumansLooksSometimesIndividualHuman BeingsFashionBecomingPeriodsPoliticianCreaturesBehaviorSellsBritishHistorianEstablishmentProfitableScottishBritish HistoryHegemonyWelsh Author:Linda Colley
“The politician is the creature of the public sentiment -- never goes ahead of it because he depends on it . . .” DependsPoliticianCreaturesSentiments Book:Loving warriors: selected letters of Lucy Stone and Henry B. Blackwell, 1853 to 1893 Source: Loving warriors: selected letters of Lucy Stone and Henry B. Blackwell, 1853 to 1893
“It's one of the reasons [professional politicians] why people's confidence in the electoral system has declined so much. They have all become shadowy political creatures” PeopleReasonPoliticalPoliticianCreaturesElectoral Systems Author:Geoffrey Howe