“The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.” HistoryPoliticianMemoirHistorianDeniedHindsight Author:Margaret Thatcher
“[The taxidermist is] a historian, dealing with an animal's past; the zookeeper is a politician, dealing with an animal's present; and everyone else is a citizen who must decide on that animal's future (...) The indifference of the many, combined with the active hatred of the few, has sealed the fate of animals.” PastAnimalFateCitizensPoliticianHatredActiveIndifferenceHistorianZookeepers Book:Beatrice & Virgil Source: Beatrice & Virgil
“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
“No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.” MenFirstsMayPoliticianHistorianTraveller Author:James Harrington
“I have not said your values are wrong. But neither are they right. They are simply judgments. Assessments. Decisions. For the most part, they are decisions made not by you, but by someone else. Your parents, perhaps. Your religion. Your teachers, historians, politicians.” InspirationalMadeSaidValuesParentReligiousDecisionTeacherPoliticianJudgmentHistorianAssessmentDecisions Made Book:The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue Source: The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
“It is up to the historians, not politicians, to judge what happened in the past. Politicians look into the future.” PastJudgingPoliticianHistorian Author:Egemen Bag?s
“I mean everybody knows there's something wrong with the world and if you read left wing politicians or deconstructionists or thoughtful historians they will offer thoughtful critiques of our situation. But the question is, you know, the Tolstoyian question; 'What is to be done?'” IfsKnowsWorldMeanDoneLeftSituationPoliticianOffersWingsThoughtfulHistorianCritiqueLeft Wing Author:Terence McKenna
“I think it's important to understand that a cartoonist is not drawing for favourable reviews from politicians. What we're trying to do is capture the popular feeling of the time about a politician or a particular political issue. For that reason I think it sums up public attitudes that is very helpful to historians down the road.” ThinkingTryingImportantReasonFeelingsPoliticalAttitudeIssuesParticularPoliticianDrawingHelpfulReviewsCaptureHistorianDown The RoadCartoonistPolitical Issues Author:Terry Mosher