I was studying American politicians who were searching - allegedly - for American communists because it would put them on the front pages of the papers in their home towns.
An ethical action, like an unethical action, is usually analyzed by politicians purely in pragmatic terms.
The older generation grew up on blow-dried anchors, plastic politicians, and an ocean of pretense. Realness seems unvarnished and unpolished to them.
Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians.
What is obnoxious about the motives of politicians - whatever those motives may be - is that politicians must announce their motives as visionary and grand.
Our new vice president, Mike Pence, is one of the most blatantly anti-LGBT politicians in the country, and most, if not all, of Trump's cabinet is anti LGBT equality as well.
If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.
It is very unusual for a country to ask guys who are not politicians to come and run the country.
I don't like politicians, and I don't like politics. I definitely don't want to be associated with any of them.
To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
Most politicians are not authentic.
We've got to clear some of the room out of the prisons so we can put the bad guys in there, like the pedophiles and the politicians.
We can have all the walkouts we want, but if we don't walk to that ballot box and make our voices heard, these politicians aren't going to listen.
Politicians attend dinners at hotels with contractors. Bankers discuss interest rates at lunch.
For decades, or at least for years, Republican politicians have been dog whistling about race. And then, when - they're shocked when Donald Trump starts barking.
We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.
Politicians are constantly stuck between what is politically expedient and politically beneficial and what is the responsible or right thing to do. It's a tension we all go through.
I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
We have come to expect campaigns to be mean and stupid and politicians to be unresponsive, self-seeking and for sale to the highest bidder. We make jokes about our vice president, and all we ask of a president is that he be likeable. We seem to have given up on the Pentagon's corrupt use of our tax dollars.
Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?