- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politicians Quotes
Why politicians get so little benefit of the doubt.
This set is largely skeptical in tone, questioning politicians who talk about expanding a system they haven't fixed, and describing how fear can be turned into a tool for rallying public opinion. Related: Most.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.
- Deserve
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- Nov 07, 2020
Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.
- Against
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too many talented and supremely calculating politicians, including Nixon and Clinton, have destroyed their careers, or come close, by acting in ways that were obviously against their own interests.
- Learned
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have at least learned that the offspring of presidents don't necessarily make good politicians themselves.
- Principle
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- Nov 07, 2020
The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
- Equal Rights
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- Nov 07, 2020
There have been tons of politicians who were slow to accept equal rights when it meant changes in the established social order. Many eventually came around, admitted they were wrong, and were forgiven. But the ones who actively choose hate-mongering don't ever get a pass.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is kind of tedious after a while, to parse politicians doing the same thing over and over again. The facts change from week to week, but the sort of masquerade doesn't.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing that happens is that politicians run on tough-on-crime rhetoric. You appeal to the public and say, 'Let's put more money into taller fences, tougher laws, tougher sentencing, handcuffs,' and where does that money come from? Well, immediately, it comes out of all the money needed for corrections.
- Prison
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- Nov 07, 2020