Politician Quotes
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All politicians are to some extent salesmen.
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Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.
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Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are a blank check for creating disparities in power that dwarf disparities in income - and are far more dangerous.
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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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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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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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Compassion is good but politicians have turned compassion into the welfare state.
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The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.
