“I have never seen an adequate description anywhere of the amazement, the uncomprehending horror of the bulk of the American people which preceded the firing of that gun at Sumter. Politicians or far-sighted leaders on both sides knew what was coming. And it is they who have written histories of the war. But to the easy-going millions, busied with their farms or shops, the onrushing disaster was as inexplicable as an earthquake. Their protest arose from sea to sea like the clamor of a gigantic hive of frightened bees.” PeopleWarEasySidesLeaderMillionsWrittenSeaPoliticianHorrorGunDisasterCivil WarShopsDescriptionProtestFrightenedFarmsBeesBoth SidesAdequateEarthquakesAmazementInexplicableFiringClamorHivesEasy GoingWritten History Author:Rebecca Harding Davis
“Do we really want the people who created $40 trillion of unfunded liabilities in Social Security and Medicare in charge of our health care? Faceless bureaucrats, power-lusting politicians, and people spending other people's money are a recipe for disaster.” PeopleWantCareSocialSecurityPoliticianSpendingDisasterLustHealth CareRecipesSocial SecurityMedicareBureaucratsLiabilityFacelessSpending Other People's Money Author:Ed Crane
“I think Winston Churchill is an appallingly bad politician, and always has been, that he hung onto power long after he should have done, and that his post-war administration was a disaster.” ThinkingShouldLongHas BeensWarDonePoliticianShould HaveDisasterAdministrationPostsHungPost War Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It's not change, and it's not hope.” Has BeensSelfBigsGovernmentPresidentResultsPowerfulPoliticianDisasterAgendasServingPresident ObamaTestedBureaucratsBig GovernmentSelf Serving Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I would have been a disaster as a career politician. I would never have toed a party line.” Has BeensLinesPartyCareersPoliticianDisasterCareer Politicians Author:Hilary Mantel