“There's the occasion when politicians will say things that are simply not true, or that they make commitments that they have no intention of fulfilling. That is something that I think should not happen. That's a no-no. That's a third rail that you shouldn't touch.” ThinkingShouldHappensPoliticianCommitmentThirdsIntentionOccasionsFulfillingRail Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“The English mind is always in a rage. The intellect of the race is wasted in the sordid and stupid quarrels of second-rate politicians or third-rate theologians.” MindRaceStupidPoliticianThirdsRateIntellectRageTheologianQuarrelsSecond Rate Author:Oscar Wilde
“Education must be taken out of the hands of rich illiterates, third rate politicians, and put where it belongs: in the care of scholars. At present the whole University system is rotten to the core, and an appalling waste of time, energy and money.” WholeHandsCareEnergyEducationRichTakenPoliticianWasteThirdsRateUniversityCoreWasting TimeScholarRotten Book:Letters of Katherine Anne Porter Source: Letters of Katherine Anne Porter
“I salute Rick Perry for the way he's trying to overcome this. Today he came out and said he's not one of those slick politicians, that this just shows his human side, and some third excuse he can't remember.” WayTryingHumansSaidShowsTodayRememberSidesPoliticianThirdsOvercomingExcuseSaluteSlick Author:Craig Ferguson
“The cold war provided the perfect excuse for Western governments to plunder and exploit the Third World in the name of freedom; to rig its elections, bribe its politicians, appoint its tyrants and, by every sophisticated means of persuasion and interference, stunt the emergence of young democracies in the name of democracy.” WorldMeanWarGovernmentYoungNamesPerfectDemocracyColdPoliticianThirdsElectionWesternExcuseTyrantsSophisticatedCold WarPersuasionExploitsInterferenceThird WorldEmergenceBribePlunderRigs Author:John le Carre
“I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third resort. But when a politician talks like that, you know that's one resort he'll be checking into. My opponent, my opponent won't rule out raising taxes. But I will. And The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no. And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say, to them, Read my lips: no new taxes.” KnowsLastsPoliticianTaxesThirdsRaisesLipsCongressOpponentsResortsRaising Taxes Author:George H. W. Bush
“The cost of campaigning has skyrocketed in recent years because of the falloff in TV viewership. With only one-third as many people watching TV as did 20 years ago, politicians have responded by buying three times as many ads, driving the cost of campaigning to levels which only favored candidates can afford.” PeopleYearsThreeLevelsTvsPoliticianCostYears AgoThirdsDrivingCandidatesBuyingAdsThree TimesCampaigningWatching Tv Author:Dick Morris