“(Walls) show that politicians have reached the end of their ideas about what to do about a difficult situation with a neighbor. ... They can't think what else to do.” ThinkingIdeasEndsShowsDifficultSituationWallPoliticianNeighborDifficult Situations Author:Frederick Winslow Taylor
“I mean everybody knows there's something wrong with the world and if you read left wing politicians or deconstructionists or thoughtful historians they will offer thoughtful critiques of our situation. But the question is, you know, the Tolstoyian question; 'What is to be done?'” IfsKnowsWorldMeanDoneLeftSituationPoliticianOffersWingsThoughtfulHistorianCritiqueLeft Wing Author:Terence McKenna
“Politicians get their power too late, and I think that he has inherited an impossible situation in which he is ill-equipped to deal.” ThinkingDealsSituationImpossiblePoliticianLateIllToo LateImpossible Situations Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam.” IdeasSituationPoliticianSouthNo IdeaComplexityVietnam Author:William Westmoreland
“In April [1972], after that fine business in Dacca, Yahya Khan sent for me. He looked satisfied, sure of himself, by now convinced he had the situation in hand. He offered me a drink. "Well, you politicians are really finished," he said. Then he said that not only Mujib but I too was considered an agitator, I too was preaching against the unity of Pakistan. "I'm always under pressure to arrest you, Bhutto" I got so angry I lost all control.” WellsSaidHandsLostSituationFinePoliticianDrinkPressureAngryUnityFinishedConvincedSatisfiedPreachingPakistanAprilUnder PressureBhutto Author:Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
“I think it's important not to start drawing parallels, for example, between Theresa May, a fairly traditional conservative politician, who's now prime minister and Le Pen in France. Those aren't the same and the situation in each country is different.” ThinkingMayImportantDifferentCountrySituationExamplePoliticianConservativeDrawingTraditionalFranceMinistersPensPrimePrime MinisterParallelsTheresa Author:Barack Obama
“Too often, the perspectives on housing come from journalists, politicians and property experts, with a focus on the extreme ends of the market. Through the FOURWALLS Film Project, we want to get an accurate picture of the London housing situation through the eyes of the people that live there, and promote discussion around it.” PeopleWantEndsEyeFilmSituationFocusPerspectivePoliticianProjectsPropertyExtremesLondonJournalistDiscussionExpertsAccurateHousingThrough The Eyes Author:David Lammy
“Racism in our countries is a fact in that the indian is not allowed to be a politician or aspire to being head of state. It has reached the point that 99% of the indigenous women have not gone to school. The indigenous are condemned to live in a situation designed to exterminate them. They receive a pittance of a salary, they neither speak nor write the language, politics dictates their situation. Is this slavery? I don't know what it's called. It is not the same as before because we are in modern times.” KnowsWritingCountryStatesFactsSchoolSpeakLanguageSituationGoneModernPoliticianRacismSlaveryOur CountryIndianAspireIndigenousSalaryModern TimesHead Of State Author:Rigoberta Menchu
“I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation. So, the politicians and the people who make decisions very often is the one we think can make some difference. But of course they will not make a difference if the citizens or the individuals not push it or not to speak out, to possess a very strong voice about, this is not acceptable.” PeopleThinkingHomeIndividualSpeakStrongDecisionSituationPoliticianConsciousTragedyCrisisMaking A DifferenceVery Strong Author:Ai Weiwei
“The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it.” HelpingTodayPoliticalPoliticsChallengesSituationPoliticianDesperationAbjection Book:Cool memories Source: Cool memories
“What we have now is a situation where politicians get a whole bunch of money from mainly business interests. Then once they hold that office, they spend all their time in office paying back over and over again those campaign contributions through various favors and contracts and that sort of thing.” WholeInterestSituationPoliticianOfficeVariousFavorsCampaignsBunchContributionContractsCampaign Contributions Author:Matt Taibbi