“Good politicians need not be intellectuals, but they should have intellectual lives.” NeedsShouldPoliticianIntellectualShould HaveIntellectual LifeGood Politicians Author:Gary Gutting
“We're not a socialist country, because the socialists believe in government ownership in the means of production, but the fascists believe that the government should have private ownership and the politicians should tell people how to run the businesses. So that's the route we seem to be going.” PeopleShouldBelieveMeanCountrySeemsGovernmentRunningPoliticianShould HaveProductionsOwnershipSocialistRoutesFascistsSocialist Countries Author:Thomas Sowell
“No-knock police raids destroy Americans' right to privacy and safety. People's lives are being ruined or ended as a result of unsubstantiated assertions by anonymous government informants. ... Unfortunately, no-knock raids are becoming more common as federal, state, and local politicians and law enforcement agencies decide that the war on drugs justified nullifying the Fourth Amendment. ... No-knock raids in response to alleged narcotics violations presume that the government should have practically unlimited power to endanger some people's lives in order to control what others ingest.” PeopleShouldWarStatesGovernmentLawOrderResultsCommonBecomingPoliticianDrugShould HavePoliceSafetyResponseLocalsAgencyPrivacyAmendmentsFourthUnlimitedLaw EnforcementRuinedEnforcementJustifiedViolationAssertionBecoming MoreWar On DrugsNarcoticsUnlimited PowerRight To PrivacyFourth AmendmentInformants Author:James Bovard
“We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of.” KnowsShouldFeltPoliticianShould HaveFranklin Author:Rush D. Holt, Jr.
“If Albert Einstein was right, Cal Ripken should have been a CEO or politician rather than a shortstop, because Ripken led by example over and over... and over again.” IfsShouldHas BeensExamplePoliticianShould HaveCeoShould Have BeenShortstopsCal Ripken Author:Don Yaeger
“Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know the reality, the good and the bad, not just the appearance.” PeopleKnowsNeedsShouldLongRealityMediaPoliticianShould HaveAppearanceSmellNosesMinistersPrimeBusinessmanElephantsPrime MinisterMayors Author:Dalai Lama
“Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.” ShouldHas BeensPoliticsBornPoliticianShould HaveShould Have BeenOrphanBachelors Author:Lady Bird Johnson
“I think Winston Churchill is an appallingly bad politician, and always has been, that he hung onto power long after he should have done, and that his post-war administration was a disaster.” ThinkingShouldLongHas BeensWarDonePoliticianShould HaveDisasterAdministrationPostsHungPost War Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses.” ShouldSupportPoliticianMembersShould HaveUnionsWorkersBossPaychecks Author:Mitt Romney
“A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.” IfsShouldPoliticalThreePoliticsTalkingPoliticianShould HaveElectionRingsHatsThrowingPullingRabbitsElection DayGreat Political Author:Carl Sandburg
“Politicians wishing to set a better tone should have the discipline to avoid televised cage matches.” ShouldWishDisciplinePoliticianShould HaveToneCages Author:John Sununu