“I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today.” IfsCountryMightTodayFatherMilitaryBecomingPoliticianSixMy FamilyPrisonProfessorsGrandfatherDictatorshipMy Grandfather Author:George Papandreou
“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
“My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.” ImportantFatherPartyLeaderProgressPoliticianDemocraticDemocratic Party Author:Zaha Hadid
“Our country was founded on a distrust of government. Our founding fathers gave power to the people to keep an eye on government. So when politicians say, 'Trust me,' they're actually being very un-American.” PeopleCountryGovernmentEyeFatherPoliticianOur CountryFoundingDistrustTrust MeOur Founding Fathers Author:David Duchovny
“Modern candidates seem to have to live with political matters all the time. In my father's time, a politician's home was still his castle.” StillsMatterHomeSeemsPoliticalFatherModernPoliticianCandidatesCastles Author:Rose Kennedy
“Politicians talk about wage equality, but my father has made it a practice at his company throughout his entire career. He will fight for equal pay for equal work, and I will fight for this too right alongside of him.” MadeFightingFatherPayCompanyCareersPracticePoliticianEqualMade ItEqual Pay Author:Ivanka Trump
“I always defended my father, as a child, and I think I'm still defending him - his policies at least. Oh, he wasn't at all a politician, in no sense of the word. He was sustained in his work only by a blind faith in India - he was preoccupied in such an obsessive way by the future of India. We understood each other.” ThinkingWayChildrenStillsFatherPolicyPoliticianUnderstoodIndiaBlindObsessiveBlind Faith Author:Indira Gandhi
“I said that my father was not a politician. I, instead, think I am. But not in the sense of being interested in a political career - rather in the sense that I think it necessary to strive to build a certain India, the India I want.” ThinkingWantSaidPoliticalCertainFatherCareersPoliticianIndiaStrive Author:Indira Gandhi
“My father taught me many things. Two of them come to mind right now: Stay true to your values. You can compromise on policies, but not your fundamental values or else you will get lost in the world of politics. The second thing is to listen to whoever you are talking to. People in your street, other politicians, company heads and workers. Learn from them.” PeopleWorldMindValuesFatherPolicyPoliticianCompromiseStay True Author:Justin Trudeau