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“Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians.”

Knows Quality Honest Politician Fellows Being Honest Honest With Yourself Be Honest With Yourself

Author:Ma Ying-jeou

“I think Dr. Ben Carson is a unique political personality. He's what we call a conviction politician. He actually believes in what he says. Here's a fellow who had been a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins for over 30 years. Babies conjoined at the head, he is the one that did that. He's a superstar. Ben Carson steps away from medicine, looks at the political environment around him, and he is aghast at what he sees.”

“What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.”

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Book:Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics

Source: Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics

“There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.”

Ifs World Found Politics Impossible Politician Fellows Opposition

Book:Delphi Complete Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)

“I make a living off (politicians), so I can't knock 'em. Every time we elect some fellow we think he's terrible and then when we get another one in he's worse. So, I am always in favor of keeping the one we've got and let the other go.”

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Author:Will Rogers

“Give us a man of God's own mould Born to marshall his fellow-men; One whose fame is not bought and sold At the stroke of a politician's pen. Give us the man of thousands ten, Fit to do as well as to plan; Give us a rallying-cry, and then Abraham Lincoln, give us a Man.”

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Author:Edmund Clarence Stedman

“I do strive to think well of my fellow man, but no amount of striving can give me confidence in the wisdom of a congressional vote.”

Thinking Men Giving Wells Amount Politician Vote Give Me Fellows Strive Congress Fellow Man

Book:American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier

Source: American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier

“We are not taught to fear our politicians, who can debase our currency, throw us in prison and send us to war - but rather we are taught to fear each other. We are taught to imagine that the real predators in this world are not those who control prison cells, national debts and nuclear weapons, but rather our fellow citizens, who in the absence of brutal control would surely tear us apart!”

“To the extent that we consume, in our present circumstances, we are guilty. To the extent that we guilty consumers are conservationists, we are absurd. But what can we do? Must we go on writing letters to politicians and donating to conservation organizations until the majority of our fellow citizens agree with us? Or can we do something directly to solve our share of the problem? I am a conservationist. I believe wholeheartedly in putting pressure on the politicians and in maintaining the conservation organizations.”

“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

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Author:John F. Kennedy

“I don't even think much about politicians. I think about the people in the audience who applaud the politicians. They are your fellow countrymen and they're the ones you live with - that should be who we target for education and enlightenment.”

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Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest and totally likeable, because he doesn't care! He knows what a politician is, and he's a perfect embodiment of one.”

Knows Care Found Perfect Pleasure Politician Fellows Meetings Likes Embodiment Newts Likeable Staircases He Doesn't Care

Author:John Lydon