Politician Quotes
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Compassion is good but politicians have turned compassion into the welfare state.
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Politics in a democracy is transactional: Politicians seek votes by promising to do things for voters, who seek promises in exchange for their votes.
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I just think everyone knows you go on those political satire shows if you're a politician to, "humanize yourself" - to show, "Hey, I can take a joke." Well, why should satire be in the service of humanizing these people who are supposed to be the target of our venom and vitriol? I think that's unseemly.
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It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there are certain expectations.
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I am sure that all politicians seek the home connection with the voter. But Margaret Thatcher carried it to extremes.
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What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?
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There are big questions about the sort of skills you need in modern government today. You put politicians in charge of billions of dollars with absolutely no training and very little support system around them. It's an extraordinary thing.
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The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.
