Politician Influence Quotes

The bureaucracy always goes with the way politicians go.

There are good reasons why everybody should heed politicians' advise not to believe the media. One of the best is that the media report what politicians say.

Politicians have immense power to do harm to the economy. But they have very little power to do good.

When we go to war, our politicians will be guided by our popular will. And if we believe that torture 'got' bin Laden, then we will be more prone to accept the view that a good 'end' can justify brutal 'means.'

Each central banksought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world.

The last thing we want is politicians running newspapers, but so too we don't want newspapers running the government.

I'm very mindful that I am representing the Philippines, so I cannot voice an opinion that contradicts that of our leader, Pres. Duterte.

It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.

No wonder politicians love government schools. Where do you think the dumb masses come from that can be so easily led and manipulated?

Engaging in a sycophantic way with any politician in the short term is tempting. It offers the lure of access and the promise of influence. But ultimately, it can lead to misreading the environment, giving too much of an ear to the politician's circle, and confining your audience to partisans.

Political science has long tried to tackle a fundamental question of voter behavior: Do voters choose politicians because those politicians hold views that they like, or do voters choose policy positions because the politicians they like say those positions are correct?

Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying the planet and laying the foundation for violent outbursts and racial division.

The smaller the government, the less the need to manipulate politicians.

Many of our troubles are due to the fact that our people turn to politicians for everything.

I realise that, strutting around in power corridors for political coverage, a journalist becomes half a politician.

It is not true that Trump is nobody's fool. He is the GOP's.

Once you say you're going to have to tax them coming in, and our politicians never do this, because they have special interests and the special interests want those companies to leave, because in many cases, they own the companies. So what I'm saying is, we can stop them from leaving. We have to stop them from leaving.