#politic

as a lobbyist he had long ago concluded there was no difference in how Democrats and Republicans conducted the business of government. The game stayed the same: It was always about favors and friends, and who controlled the dough. Party labels were merely a way to keep track of the teams; issues were mostly smoke and vaudeville. Nobody believed in anything except hanging on to power, whatever it took. ..... ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#business

I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#i #political #politicians #way #will

I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one. ↗

— Jane Elliott

#am #cannot #confront #correctness #every

We shouldn't have politicians micromanaging this war because it is complex and unconventional. ↗

— Bill Shuster

#complex #politicians #unconventional #war

In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses society's feelings, beliefs, and hopes in perfect harmony. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#expresses #faith #feelings #functions #harmony

I'm not a political person. When I start to get into it, it just upsets me. I feel so powerless when it comes to politics. So I've just decided to be non-political and very, very pro-soldier. ↗

— Channing Tatum

#decided #feel #get #i #i feel

There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud. ↗

— Edward Kennedy

#fraud #going #good #imminent #imminent threat

I'm not a politician and don't want any part of politics. ↗

— Calvin Klein

#i #part #politician #politics #want

Now, I know among the politically correct, you're not supposed to use facts that are uncomfortable. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#correct #facts #i #know #now

We cannot rest until each of us would be satisfied with randomly assigning our own children to any public school in the nation. ↗

— Jason Kamras

#education #inspirational #inspirational-success-failure #motivational #politics