“At the risk of repetition let me say again that my plea is not for immunity to, but for the most unsparing exposure of, the politician who betrays his trust, of the big business man who makes or spends his fortune in illegitimate or corrupt ways. There should be a resolute effort to hunt every such man out of the position he has disgraced. Expose the crime, and hunt down the criminal; but remember that even in the case of crime, if it is attacked in sensational, lurid, and untruthful fashion, the attack may do more damage to the public mind than the crime itself.” IfsMenWayShouldMindMayBigsRememberEffortBusinessCasesRiskFashionCrimePositionPoliticianLet MeFortuneCriminalsDamageBetrayRepetitionHuntsExposureBig BusinessResoluteImmunitySensationalBusiness Man Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“I don't subscribe to the theory that all politicians are crap. I think the 'cool people' often take that position.” PeopleThinkingPositionTheoryPoliticianCrapCool People Author:Eddie Izzard
“This was Barrington Erle, a politician of long standing, who was still looked upon by many as a young man, because he had always been known as a young man, and because he had never done anything to compromise his position in that respect. He had not married, or settled himself down in a house of his own, or become subject to the gout, or given up being careful about the fitting of his clothes.” MenLongStillsDoneYoungHouseGivenKnownSubjectsPositionPoliticianMarriedClothesStandingCarefulCompromiseYoung ManGiven UpFittingGout Book:The Prime Minister: Trollope's Works Source: The Prime Minister: Trollope's Works
“The American people need no course in philosophy or political science or church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman. To most of us, the manipulative invoking of religion to advance a politician or a party is frightening and divisive. The American people will tolerate religious leaders taking positions for or against candidates.” PeopleKnowsNeedsShouldMadePhilosophyPoliticalCoursesChurchReligiousPartyLeaderAtheismPositionPoliticianCandidatesFrighteningToleratePolitical ScienceChairmanCelestialManipulativeReligious LeadersChurch History Author:Mario Cuomo
“If I believe in something, I will fight for it with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing. Professional liberals want the fiery debate. They glory in defeat. The hardest job for a politician today is to have the courage to be a moderate. It's easy to take an extreme position.” IfsWantBelieveTodayJobsFightingI BelieveEasyPositionPoliticianDemandGloryDefeatExtremesI Believe InDebateHardestModeratesFieryHardest Job Author:Hubert H. Humphrey
“If some Western politician claims he is in a position to use the normal Western methods to feed and clothe 1.2 billion Chinese, we would be happily prepared to elect him president of China.” IfsUseWould BePresidentPositionPoliticianNormalClaimsMethodPreparedWesternChinaBillionsChinese Author:Li Peng
“The organizer who creates roles, who creates the holes that will force the pegs to their shape, is a prime creator of personality itself. When we ask of a man, "What is he?" the answer is usually given in terms of his major role, job, or position in society; he is the place that he fills, a painter, a priest, a politician, a criminal.” MenJobsAsksGivenForceTermAnswersRolesPositionPersonalityPoliticianShapesMajorsCreatorCriminalsHolesPainterPriestsPrimeOrganizerPeg Book:THE ORGANIZATIONAL REVOLUTION Source: THE ORGANIZATIONAL REVOLUTION
“Every politician just has to remember how he got his position in the first place. A young candidate running for Congress or any outsider interested in public office could only achieve his goals by relying on soft power. They could not force anyone to vote for them. They needed to convince their potential voters, they needed to do fundraising, they needed to be attractive candidates.” FirstsRunningRememberYoungForceGoalAchievePositionNeededPoliticianOfficeVoteCongressAttractiveCandidatesConvinceVotersOutsidersFundraisingPublic Office Author:Joseph Nye
“I don't trust politicians. I think that by the time they've made it, with the concessions they've had to make in that position, I don't believe they still have the beliefs they had at the root.” ThinkingBelieveMadeStillsBeliefPositionPoliticianRootsDon't BelieveMade ItDon't TrustConcessions Author:Rick Astley
“Anybody who is an ambitious politician would never ever aspire to a Vice Presidency. And yet, people find themselves in that position, and so, therein lies the rub.” PeopleLyingPositionPoliticianVicesAmbitiousAspirePresidency Author:Julia Louis-Dreyfus
“Politicians and bureaucrats clearly have no idea how complicated markets are. Every day people make countless tradeoffs, in all areas of life, based on subjective value judgements and personal information as they delicately balance their interests, needs and wants. Who is in a better position than they to tailor those choices to best serve their purposes? Yet the politicians believe they can plan the medical market the way you plan a birthday party.” PeopleWayWantNeedsBelieveIdeasPurposeValuesChoicesInterestPartyPlansInformationPositionBalancePoliticianAreasComplicatedMedicalNo IdeaJudgementSubjectiveBureaucratsTailorsBirthday PartyNeeds And WantsPersonal Information Author:John Stossel
“A good leader does not tell people to stand behind him. That position does not give anybody power but the leader. Today's politician isn't going to be the first marching to war, so why put that guy in front? Instead, a good leader tells people to stand beside him. That creates an invincible wall of people, and that's a force where everybody stands as a true equal.” PeopleGivingFirstsDoeWarTodayGuyForceBehindsLeaderFrontsPositionWallPoliticianEqualThat GuyInvincibleGood Leader Author:Suzy Kassem
“Dalai Lama is transforming those criteria - and the whole way of conducting politics. He's conducting politics in a much deeper way than most politicians are able to. He's the only politician I know of who's a monk. The Pope, of course, is in a similar position, but the Pope isn't in the same way leading a country of many million people.” PeopleKnowsWayCountryWholeAbleCoursesMillionsPositionPoliticianDeeperPopeMonkCriteriaTransformingConductingLamaDalai Author:Pico Iyer
“Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history of, and the position of the Afro- American or negro in American history. [He] has done a remarkable job in fighting for rights of black people in this country. On the other hand, he probably hasn't done as much as he could or as much as he should because he is the most independent negro politician in this country.” PeopleShouldCountryDoneHandsJobsPoliticalFightingBlackCareersRightsPositionPoliticianIndependentRemarkableBlack PeopleAdamAmerican HistoryAfros Author:Malcolm X
“If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever means necessary.” IfsMeanPositionPoliticianFunctionRemoveFulfillingMachinery Author:Malcolm X
“How often have we seen politicians take a principle position only to give it up three days later? That is what makes democracy so fascinating.” GivingThreePrinciplesDemocracyPositionPoliticianFascinating Author:Colin Powell
“Of course, politicians always say they're just describing their opponents' positions, even if they are in fact offering absurd caricatures, if not outright lies.” IfsFactsLyingCoursesPositionPoliticianAbsurdOpponentsOfferingDescribingCaricatures Author:James Surowiecki