“You can't exactly bake a man to your specifications. Most of all, one shouldn't alienate a candidate. A hybrid of Einstein, Tarzan and Inge Meysel doesn't exist. Besides, the images of politicians in the media aren't always accurate. I've had my share of experiences in that regard.” MenShareMediaPoliticianRegardCandidatesAccurateHybridSpecifications Author:Peer Steinbruck
“I come here not as a polished politician but as a woman who has had her fair share of life's knocks.” SharePoliticianFairsPolishedFair Share Author:Pauline Hanson
“I did not share the enthusiasm of certain politicians for the National Front leader, it was because I had noticed, in the past, some strange contradictions between Mossadeq's declared ends and his actions. Officially he defended nationalist anti-colonialism and was the most intransigent patriot who declared that no concessions or advantages should be granted to foreign powers. He described his doctrine as a "negative balance" and in fact his greatest failing was that he was negative.” ShouldEndsFactsActionPastCertainLeaderFailingShareFrontsStrangeBalancePoliticianAdvantageNegativeDoctrineEnthusiasmGrantedContradictionColonialismPatriotConcessions Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
“The Captains of Industry have always counseled the rest of us "to be realistic." Let us, therefore, be realistic. Is it realistic to assume that the present economy would be just fine if only it would stop poisoning the air and water, or if only it would stop soil erosion, or if only it would stop degrading watersheds and forest ecosystems, or if only it would stop seducing children, or if only it would stop buying politicians, or if only it would give women and favored minorities an equitable share of the loot?” IfsGivingChildrenWould BeWaterEconomyAirShareFineIndustryPoliticianAssumingEnvironmentalForestsSoilBuyingMinoritiesRealisticSustainabilityCaptainsEcosystemsSeducingPoisoningDegradingErosionEquitableAir And WaterWatershedsSoil ErosionCaptains Of Industry Book:In the Presence of Fear: Three Essays for a Changed World Source: In the Presence of Fear: Three Essays for a Changed World
“In the minds of many Western politicians, military interventions and air strikes appear to have become legitimate policy tools since the NATO attacks on Yugoslavia during the 1990s. That's how they intend to bring everyone into line who don't share the Western view of democratization of society and the liberalization of the economy. But there is no future for that kind of globalization.” MindKindLinesViewsEconomyAirShareMilitaryPolicyPoliticianToolsWesternStrikesGlobalizationInterventionNatoDemocratizationYugoslaviaMilitary Intervention Author:Vladimir Yakunin
“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
“Politicians argue for abortion largely because they do not want to spend the necessary money to feed, clothe and educate more people... There are those who argue that the right to privacy is of higher order than the right to life. I do not share that view... That was the premise of slavery. You could not protest the existence or treatment of slaves on the plantation because that was private and therefore outside of your right to concerned.” PeopleWantOrderViewsExistenceShareHigherPoliticianConcernedSlaverySlaveArguingAbortionPrivacyTreatmentProtestEducatePremisesRight To LifePlantationsRight To Privacy Author:Jesse Jackson
“Every time I would give a talk, someone would say, 'You ought to go into politics.' I prefer to call it government leadership. My life has taken me to places where I have experiences that I think I can share. A lot of times, we see people who are career politicians. I'm not the conventional candidate, nor do I want to be.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingI CanGovernmentCareersTakenShareOughtPoliticianCandidatesConventionalCareer Politicians Author:Brad Wenstrup
“I hope people can stop believing everything politicians say about Mexico and the United States, and the problems that we share.” PeopleBelieveStatesProblemUnitedUnited StatesSharePoliticianMexico Author:Demian Bichir
“The real targets of terrorism are the rest of us: the billions of us who are not killed but are terrorized because of the killing. The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act. And we're doing exactly what the terrorists want [...] Our politicians help the terrorists every time they use fear as a campaign tactic. The press helps every time it writes scare stories about the plot and the threat. And if we're terrified, and we share that fear, we help.” IfsWantWritingRealHelpingStoriesUseSharePoliticianPressesThreatKillingTerrorismBillionsCampaignsTerroristReactionsPlotTargetScareTerrifiedTactics Author:Bruce Schneier
“Washington flourished but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered, but the jobs left Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, but for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists. An education system flushed with cash but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge. We've defended other nation's borders while refusing to defend our own.” PeopleChildrenDifferentRealitySchoolBeautifulWealthShareStudentsPoliticianNeighborhoodEducation SystemYoung And Beautiful Author:Donald Trump
“Nobody has been arrested on Wall Street for the crash of 2008. They're not paying their fair share of the taxes. And now with the Citizens United case of the Supreme Court, they get to buy politicians up out in the open.” Has BeensUnitedCasesShareStreetsWallCitizensPoliticianTaxesFairsCourtSupremeCrashSupreme CourtArrestedFair ShareCitizens United Author:Michael Moore