{"id":1448,"date":"2018-01-05T09:08:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T14:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2018-01-20T13:12:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T18:12:36","slug":"quotes-on-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=1448","title":{"rendered":"FAV quotes on politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. &#8211; Winston Churchill<\/li>\n<li>Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one. &#8211; Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/li>\n<li>Politics is the art of controlling your environment. \u2013 Hunter Thompson<\/li>\n<li>Good government is good politics. \u2013 Richard J. Daley<\/li>\n<li>Power is dangerous unless you have humility. \u2013 Richard J. Daley<\/li>\n<li>A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn&#8217;t believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it. &#8211; John Major<\/li>\n<li>Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don&#8217;t vote. &#8211; William Simon<\/li>\n<li>Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen. &#8211; Peggy Noonan<\/li>\n<li>Every time the government grows we lose more of who we are. \u2013 Glenn Beck<\/li>\n<li>What is inherently wrong with the word &#8216;politician&#8217; if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people? \u2013 Richard J. Daley<\/li>\n<li>We all like to hear a man speak out on his convictions and principles. But at the same time, you must understand that when you&#8217;re running on a ticket, you&#8217;re running with a team. \u2013 Richard J. Daley<\/li>\n<li>If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media&#8217;s too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard. &#8211; Bob Woodward<\/li>\n<li>Political Correctness doesn&#8217;t change us, it shuts us up. \u2013 Glenn Beck<\/li>\n<li>Being Politically Correct means always having to say you&#8217;re sorry. &#8211; Charles Osgood<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t fall in love with politicians, they&#8217;re all a disappointment. They can&#8217;t help it, they just are. &#8211; Peggy Noonan<\/li>\n<li>I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking. &#8211; F.D. Roosevelt<\/li>\n<li>Whenever a liberal begins a statement with &#8216;I don&#8217;t know which is more frightening,&#8217; you know the answer is going to be pretty clear. &#8211; Ann Coulter<\/li>\n<li>If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world. &#8211; Claude Pepper<\/li>\n<li>I think people are tired of politicians trying to poke each other in the eye. &#8211; Mark Warner<\/li>\n<li>Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians. &#8211; Muhammad Iqbal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George provides reliable PR &amp; GR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer and experienced communicator? Call 613-983-0801 @<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. &#8211; Winston Churchill Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one. &#8211; Dwight D. Eisenhower Politics is the art of controlling your environment. \u2013 Hunter Thompson Good government is good politics. \u2013 Richard J. 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