“A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.” Continue reading
Sir Barnett Cocks on Politics
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Category Archives: Politics
Sir Barnett Cocks on Politics
Nancy Astor on Change
“The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything – or nothing.” Continue reading
Dwight D. Eisenhower on Television
“I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens.” Continue reading
Al McGuire on Politics
“I think the world is run by ‘C’ students.” Continue reading
Benjamin Franklin on Government
“There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.” Continue reading
Voltaire on Freedom
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Continue reading
Anonymous on Politics
“Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side.” Continue reading
Edward R. Murrow on TV
“When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.” Continue reading
Paul Valery on Politics
“Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.” Continue reading
Marquis de Flers Robert and Arman de Caillavet on Democracy
“Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them.” Continue reading
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