- 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
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is very unusual for a country to ask guys who are not politicians to come and run the country.
- Denounce
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- Nov 07, 2020
Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can only ask people to be tolerant of the fact that the... pressures of wives of politicians is very, very strong.
- Lot
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of politicians who are just obstructionists.
- Blame
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- Nov 07, 2020
The immigrant blame game is constant. Cynical politicians believe it drives poll numbers; cynical commentators believe it drives TV ratings.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials, the U.S. military and Republican politicians.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
High-level political wives are by no means new. In the 18th and 19th centuries, when patricians dominated British political life, it was common for politicians' spouses to play an active political role.
- American Society
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both Conservative and Labour politicians in Britain are rather too fond of praising the relative 'classlessness' of American society and of urging their own people to emulate it. There is a certain falseness about such arguments, and also a certain hypocrisy.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
Postcolonial critics are, I suspect, wrong when they argue that the mass of British people still mourn the loss of empire. But Britain's politicians - and its Foreign Office - have found it hard to adjust to the loss, not so much of onetime colonies as of the global clout the colonies once afforded.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
The children of politicians learn the allure and tricks of politics along with their alphabet. They inherit a network of useful contacts, and - if they're lucky - a name that confers instant voter recognition.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020