“I'm fascinated by politicians, because I suspect the huge majority of them go into it full of ideas and for the best possible reasons but end up being hijacked.” IdeasEndsReasonHugePoliticianMajoritySuspectsFascinated Author:Kevin Whately
“The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he thinks and talks conventionally. It would be almost a contradiction in terms for a politician to be a leader in the field of ideas. His task in a democracy is to find out what the opinions held by the largest number are, not to give currency to new opinions which may become the majority view in some distant future.” ThinkingGivingMayIdeasFactsWould BeMovingPoliticsTermViewsNumbersLeaderOpinionPowerDemocracySuccessfulFieldsPoliticianTasksMajorityAcceptedContradictionCurrencyFramework Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Politicians are really getting desperate. In fact, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent out a final fundraising email to Democrats with the subject line, 'I'm begging.' Because what better way to show you're a strong leader than acting like you're drunk and dialing your ex?” WayFactsShowsStrongLinesActingLeaderSubjectsLike YouPoliticianMajorityDemocratFinalsDrunkDesperateSenateEmailExesBetter WaysBeggingFundraisingStrong LeadersYour ExMajority Leader Author:Jimmy Fallon
“It would be a healthy exercise for every politician to look in the mirror every morning and remind himself that he holds office only because, in a two-man race against another mediocrity, a modest majority of those half-informed people who imagined that their votes mattered reckoned that he was the lesser evil. And they weren't too sure about that.” PeopleMenLooksTwoWould BeEvilRaceHalfMorningPoliticianExerciseHealthyOfficeVoteMirrorsMajorityMediocrityEvery MorningModestLesser Evil Author:Joseph Sobran
“Unpleasant questions are being raised about Mother's Day. Is this day necessary? . . . Isn't it bad public policy? . . . No politician with half his senses, which a majority of politicians have, is likely to vote for its abolition, however. As a class, mothers are tender and loving, but as a voting bloc they would not hesitate for an instant to pull the seat out from under any Congressman who suggests that Mother is not entitled to a box of chocolates each year in the middle of May.” YearsMayMotherHalfClassMiddlePolicyPoliticianVoteMajorityRaisedBoxesSensesInstantSeatsVotingChocolateThis DayEntitledMothers DayAbolitionCongressmanPublic PolicyBox Of Chocolates Author:Russell Baker
“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.” WritingBelieveProblemI BelieveShareGoes OnCitizensPoliticianCircumstancesLettersOrganizationPressureAgreeFellowsMajoritySolveAbsurdGuiltyConsumersConsumerismConservationMaintainingOverconsumptionWholeheartedly Author:Wendell Berry
“I think that many citizens understand how our system works, or rather, fails to work, for structural reasons. But who has the capacity and the incentives to bring change? The banks and other corporations love the system because it allows them to buy legislation that serves their own interests even at the expense of the vast majority of citizens. Incumbent politicians love the system because it allows them to raise millions of dollars toward defending their seats.” ThinkingReasonInterestMillionsFailingCitizensPoliticianCapacityRaisesMajorityDollarsCorporationsSeatsExpensesLegislationIncentivesIncumbents Author:Thomas Pogge
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.” PeopleGovernmentEarthAmericaPoliticalDemocracyPoliticianIndependenceMajorityCivil WarPatrioticAmerican HistoryPatriot4th Of JulyJulyAmerican Civil WarDemocracies HaveIndependence DayHuman FreedomAmerican PatrioticOvalGreat PatrioticVoting And DemocracyAmerican PatriotPerishingIndependence Day PatrioticGettysburgJuly 4th 1776SecessionIndependence And FreedomAmerican FreedomHappy Independence Day UsaHarbingerHappy Independence Day IndiaLand Of The FreeInspirational PatrioticHappy Independence DayStates RightsDemocracy In AmericaInspiring Independence DayPatriot DayEconomic GlobalizationInspirational FreedomFunny 4th Of JulyGettysburg AddressVeterans And FreedomAmerican Independence DayInspiring PatrioticCinco De MayoHouse DividedMade In America Author:Abraham Lincoln