“Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the people walking on the street: how they act.” PeopleIfsKnowsPoliticsWaterAirStreetsWalkingUnhealthyAir And WaterBad Politics Author:Ai Weiwei
“I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill -- it finds its way.” ThinkingWayRunningPoliticsWaterTerribleMoney In Politics Author:Jonathan Alter
“This was my prayer: an adequate portion of land with a garden and a spring of water and a small wood to complete the picture.” WisdomPoliticsWaterPrayerEconomyLandSpringGardenWoodsLiberalismPortionsAdequate Author:Horace
“Because of the oil-and-water relationship governments have cultivated between ethics and political economy, speaking in plain terms - spelling it out as it is - as become foreign to the public. So here goes: When government sports a surplus, this implies that the political pickpockets have stolen more funds than they can possibly dream of spending. The property is not theirs to keep! Conversely, when deficits are reported, this means that the kleptomaniacs have not been able to steal sufficient funds to cover their profligacy.” MeanDreamGovernmentAblePoliticalPoliticsSportsTermWaterEconomyEthicsPropertySpendingOilStealingSufficientFundStolenDeficitSpellingSurplusPolitical EconomyOil And Water Author:Ilana Mercer
“Blood is thicker than water, but politics are thicker than blood.” PoliticsWaterBloodBlood Is Thicker Than Water Author:Frank Herbert
“There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water.” PoliticalPoliticsWaitingWaterBloodTrue FriendSharksNo True Friends Author:Alan Clark
“If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'” IfsPoliticalPoliticsPresidentWaterMorningHumorousRiversProfoundInsaneJournalismSwimSwimmingAfternoonHeadlinesSwimmerPresidents DayPoliticians And PoliticsNewspapers JournalismSink Or SwimSunny Afternoon Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.” PeopleSelfStoriesUsePoliticalPoliticsWaterFreedomLearningFoolOughtHabitPoliticianFitWorthySwimEvidentPropositionsMaxims4th Of JulyJulyIndependence DayIndependence Day PatrioticJuly 4th 1776Usa Patriotic4th Of July InspirationalFourth Of July InspirationalJuly 4 Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.” PoliticalTurnsPoliticsWaterInspiringStupidPerspectiveFoolishHeatTurn OffBoilingBoiling WaterBoiling Over Author:Nelson Mandela
“If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.” IfsLittlesCountryPoliticsWaterSacrificeJourneyPoliticianDesert Author:Ross Perot