Carmen Lawrence quotes

“There's a dance of mutual destruction going on between the media and politicians.”
-- Carmen Lawrence

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“In the end we won't be judged as a society solely by our growth statistics or economic activity graphs. We will be judged by the quality of the life that we foster for all members of the community and the compassion we show for the disadvantaged.”
-- Carmen Lawrence

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“We all construct worldviews that give us a sense of meaning. Mostly it is about belonging to a group and having a sense of identity and purpose.”
-- Carmen Lawrence

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“Men are not as sophisticated as women. They're not as mature as women. They're not as connected with their emotions as women...There's a very Neanderthal quality that still exists in a lot of men... And if you're in the public eye, to me, it's very boring to say what you have to say and be media trained to the extent that you don't ever reveal any truth. There was a time in my life when I lived probably a bit more on the primal level. And it was amazing.”

“[Propaganda] does not have multiple shadings; it has a positive and a negative; love or hate, right or wrong, truth or lie, never half this way and half that way...”

“A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department.”

Source : Abbott Joseph Liebling (1970). “The Earl of Louisiana”, p.19, LSU Press

“If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.”

“The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it.”

“I'm a comedian, not a politician.”

“Nick plays a corrupt politician, which is kind of a redundant statement.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I feel sorry for many politicians we expect them to be completely consistent and moralised when we're not.”

“No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.”

“The markets want to force us to do certain things. That we won't do. Politicians have to make sure that we're unassailable, that we can make policy for the people.”