“A politician weakly and amiably in the right is no match for a politician tenaciously and pugnaciously in the wrong. You cannot, by tying an opinion, to a man's tongue, make him the representative of that opinion; and at the close of any battle for principles, his name will be found neither among the dead nor among the wounded, but among the missing.” MenFoundPoliticsNamesOpinionPrinciplesMissingPoliticianBattleTongueRepresentativesWounded Author:Edwin Percy Whipple
“The most effective means for restoring the integrity of our electoral process, and repairing the public's tattered faith in its elected representatives, is through the full public financing of political campigns. It's the mother of all reforms: the one reform that makes all other reforms possible. After all, he who pays the piper calls the tune. If someone's going to own the politicians, it might as well be the American people.” PeopleIfsWellsMeanMightPoliticalMotherPoliticsProcessPayPoliticianIntegrityReformTunesRepresentativesRestoringFinancingPipersRepairingElectoral Process Author:Arianna Huffington
“Well, if you're looking for me to lead a normal representative life, well good luck finding a foreign secretary who'd be like that - totally dependant on the political system and has never earned any money. Then you'll get the politicians you deserve.” IfsWellsPoliticalPoliticianNormalFindingsDeserveLuckRepresentativesSecretaryGood LuckPolitical Systems Author:William Hague
“I don't like trying to influence politicians, who are themselves representative of huge numbers of people. As an educator, I'd rather enlighten the people and educate the people and let they be the ones who put the pressure on their elected officials.” PeopleTryingNumbersInfluenceHugePoliticianPressureOfficialsEducateRepresentativesEnlighteningEducatorElected OfficialsHuge Numbers Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The duty of a politician for me is to be a representative: a politician is not an expert, experts are experts, hired for their expertise and so on.” DutyPoliticianExpertsRepresentativesExpertise Author:Slavoj Žižek
“Because once the black man becomes the political master of his own community, it means that the politicians of that community will also be black, which also means that he then will be sending black representation or representatives not only to represent him at the local level and at the state level, but, but even at the federal level.” MenMeanStatesPoliticalBlackCommunityLevelsMastersPoliticianLocalsRepresentativesRepresentation Author:Malcolm X