“When you look at the things people are really fed up with, like the collapse of the pension system, like the failure to get money to the frontline of the health service, Gordon Brown is more responsible for that than any other politician including Tony Blair” PeopleLooksFailurePoliticianResponsibleIncludingBrownFedsCollapsePensionFed UpGet MoneyBlairHealth ServicesFrontline Author:George Osborne
“I've always been interested in history, but they never taught Negro history in the public schools...I don't see how a history of the United States can be written honestly without including the Negro. I didn't [paint] just as a historical thing, but because I believe these things tie up with the Negro today. We don't have a physical slavery, but an economic slavery. If these people, who were so much worse off than the people today, could conquer their slavery, we can certainly do the same thing....I am not a politician. I'm an artist, just trying to do my part to bring this thing about.” PeopleIfsTryingBelieveStatesTodaySchoolArtistI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesWrittenEconomicTaughtPoliticianSlaveryHistoricalPaintIncludingHonestlyConquerTiesPublic SchoolEconomic Slavery Author:Jacob Lawrence
“Since men do not really respect anything unless it was established long ago and has developed slowly over time, those who want tokeep on living after their death must take worry not only about their future generations but even more about their past: that is why tyrants of all kinds (including tyrannical artists and politicians) like to do violence to history, so that it will appear as a preparation and stepladder to themselves.” MenWantKindLongPastArtistWorryViolenceGenerationsPoliticianIncludingAll KindsPreparationTyrantsLong AgoFuture Generation Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“One of our biggest problems in terms of effectiveness is that we have hopes, but our opposition has interests. We measure everything against our hopes, including politicians that we are voting for or choosing amongst. We don't measure up to our hopes ourselves.” ProblemTermInterestPoliticianIncludingOppositionVotingEffectivenessHaving Hope Author:Gloria Steinem
“Mikhail Saakashvili would do everything within his power to destroy me, first as a politician and then as a person. All government authorities, including the police, the military and the courts, are controlled by those in power.” FirstsPersonsGovernmentMilitaryPoliticianAuthorityPoliceCourtIncludingControlled Author:Irakli Okruashvili
“A number of politicians, including those within your own party, believe Germans would be safer if the German military didn't insert itself into so many of the world's hot spots.” IfsWorldBelieveWould BePartyNumbersMilitaryPoliticianHotIncludingSpotsInsert Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“One of our biggest problems in terms of effectiveness is that we have hopes, but our opposition has interests. We measure everything against our hopes, including politicians that we are voting for or choosing amongst. We don't measure up to our hopes ourselves. How can we expect anybody else to?” ProblemTermInterestPoliticianIncludingOppositionVotingEffectivenessHaving Hope Author:Gloria Steinem
“American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.” PeopleDemocracyPoliticianSightIncludingSellingBuyingSpoiledAmerican Democracy Author:Russell Simmons