When I was growing up in the south Indian city of Madras, there were only two political parties that mattered; one was run by a former matinee idol, and the other was run by his former screenwriter.
An honest politician has no goodies to toss around. This limits his effectiveness profoundly, because political power in India is dispersed throughout a multi-tiered federal structure; a local official who has not been paid off can sometimes stop a billion-dollar project.
Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free. - Harry Browne
The Occupy movement found places where people who were feeling that anger could come and share it - and that is, as we all know, extremely important in any political movement. The Occupy sites became a way you could gauge the levels of anger and discontent.
I would never, ever use a novel to do thinly disguised political information dissemination. For me, all these experiences, they sat in me, and they got broken down into my body, and I sweated it out. It's not because I want to talk about 'issues.' For me, a novel is a way of seeing the world.
The Republicans didn't want the government to run your life, because Jesus should. That was really part of their thing: less government, more Jesus. Now it's like, how about more government and Jesus?
The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority. - Will Durant
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims, but accomplices. - George Orwell
No one can get up much enthusiasm for a Government which puts you in jail if you open your mouth - George Orwell
The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history. - Will Durant
It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country. - Will Durant
I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.
In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics. - John F. Kennedy
Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both. - John F. Kennedy
I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians. - John F. Kennedy
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