#pol

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#among #any #circumstances #conversations #easy

When he realized who he'd pulled over, the policeman shook his head in disbelief. He told me of all people I should know better. He gave me a real dressing down, but let me go. ↗

— Dennis Franz

#disbelief #down #dressing #gave #go

Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#american foreign policy #criticism #foreign #foreign policy #graham

I would like to do more dramas when I find a good role that will allow me to politely upset people's expectations of me as a comic actor. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#allow #comic #dramas #expectations #find

I won't apologize for ticket prices. I think we're well worth it. We consider ourselves in the elite touring acts, like the Stones, Elton John, Paul McCartney. ↗

— Glenn Frey

#apologize #consider #elite #elton #elton john

I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't. ↗

— James Stockdale

#conversation #had #haven #i #life

We've got to clear some of the room out of the prisons so we can put the bad guys in there, like the pedophiles and the politicians. ↗

— Kinky Friedman

#bad guys #clear #got #guys #like

And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians. ↗

— Kinky Friedman

#hell #i #i think #musicians #politicians

I never apologize for the truth. And the truth here is that racists come in many different colors. ↗

— Kinky Friedman

#colors #come #different #different colors #here

I don't apologize to people who try to intimidate. ↗

— Kinky Friedman

#i #intimidate #people #try #who