“Babies also have a civil right not to be kissed by every passing politician.” — Joe Higgins, “Money can’t buy love . . . or Joe either”, The Irish Times (2009-06-02)
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“Politicians usually respond to people who vote for them, not against them.” — Michael Tomasky, “Lesser-Evilism We Can Believe In,” The Nation (2015-04-06)
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“If those in charge of our society — politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television — can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.” — Howard Zinn, Declarations of Independence
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“Politicians are people who truly make something out of nothing. They have few concrete gifts to offer. They are not engineers or artists or makers. They are manipulators; they offer themselves as manipulators.” — V. S. Naipaul, The Mimic Men
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“Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.” — Donella Meadows, “No Point in Waiting Around for Leadership,” The Global Citizen (2000-11-30)
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“I look at politicians as, they are doing what inherently they need to do to retain power. Their job is to consolidate power. When you go to the zoo and you see a monkey throwing poop, you go, ‘that’s what monkeys do, what are you gonna do?’ But what I wish the media would do more frequently is say ‘bad monkey.’” — Jon Stewart, A conversation with Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart, Charlie Rose (2004-09-29)
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