Andrew Marr Quotes
Unlike the general public, I rather like most politicians.
Marr, Andrew. My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism. Macmillan, 2004.
In addition to this put down of Southern politicians, this quotation shows us that politically short sighted leaders in modern America is not a unique phenomenon. Adams makes this general complaint about politicians in 1861, North and South. The lesser assessment of Southern politicians continued into modern times and will likely exist until the South reaches educational, industrial, cultural and scientific parity with the rest of the nation.
He had been offered a Cabinet position in Washington. He had been a respected judge in Ohio and was only tangentially involved with politics. What he did see of it he did not like. However, others pressed upon him his duty to help the country and he took the position. But he was never comfortable or even very skilled and the political end of Cabinet service but he was extremely skilled at the administrative and policy making aspect. Theodore Roosevelt personally selected him to be his successor and Roosevelt get him elected. Even when he was President, he rarely enjoyed it and was not very good at the political end of things which caused Roosevelt to be disappointed and then campaign against Taft’s second term.
Andrew William Stevenson Marr is a British journalist and presenter for radio and television. Beginning his career as a political commentator, he subsequently edited The Independent newspaper (1996–1998) and was political editor of BBC News (2000–2005). He began hosting a political programme—Sunday AM, now called The Andrew Marr Show—on Sunday mornings on BBC One from September 2005. In 2002, Marr took over as host of BBC Radio 4's long-running Start the Week Monday morning discussion programme.
