Sentences with phrase «better than politicians»

But nonetheless, spirited charismatic researchers can steer public opinion better than politicians can and be just as wrong.

In voting down the idea of elected mayors so widely, and by turning their back on this week's police elections in such vast numbers, the people seem to have understood far better than the politicians how unattractive that patchwork is.

Gun manufacturers know firearms better than politicians so they will always tweak the mouse trap to not meet the definition of an «assault weapon».

And it is business owners like Andrew who can do this better than any politician, assuming he's given the freedom.

You will never know what brings each woman to make the decision to terminate a pregnancy, but the simple fact remains: They know the circu.mstances of their lives better than any politician, priest or stranger like you.

Not exact matches

Those sorts of questions are much more interesting and useful than questions about whether a particular politician should accept paid speaking engagements, and certainly more important than the borderline silly question of whether money that was accepted in good faith ought to be paid back.

But as political scientist Francis Fukuyama has shown in his research on how democracies function, it's often much more important to pay attention to bureaucrats than politicians when evaluating how well governments function.

For now, with the leader of the opposition, a longtime politician and establishment figure, calling to install a council of «good people» to govern, the Thai market seems a safer bet than Thai democracy.

Situated on the Blagdon Estate owned by Matt Ridley, a peer and Conservative politician who has said climate change has done more good than harm, Shotton has been mined by Banks since 2008.

Politicians tell a lot of stories in their campaign speeches, and there's a not - so - secret reason why: if you convey your message through a dynamic story or metaphor, it has a better chance of resonating with your audience than if you were to simply state the facts.

The real estate mogul has cannily understood that despite polling that indicates most Americans see free trade as more of an opportunity than a threat, a large and motivated minority of voters have been yearning for a politician to call into question whether the trade deals we have on the books are good for American workers.

But there is a better remedy than continuing to allow politicians to have a role in deciding who gets to vote.

As any good politician understands, more kudos are garnered for fixing a crisis than for avoiding one.

At least that way, the wedge of divisiveness between politicians can remain about politics rather than include their religious views as well.

A pregnant woman knows the situation of her life far better than a preacher, a politician or a stranger on the internet.

Today, more than three hundred years after John Locke spelled out his theory that the greatest good is served by each person following his or her own best interests, some economists and politicians are still trying to bend and stretch this outmoded «explanation» of life to fit social realities that say it just doesn't meet human needs today.

The rich are better able to benefit those in political office than are the poor; so they are more courted by politicians.

I realise that many rabbis, Jews as well as the Israeli politicians will castigate me for trying to start a religious war for being so verbal, since our greatest adversary (those who wants to destroy us by converting us rather than killing us) are also our most fervent supporters.

Self research is better than believing some reporters pushing agendas for politicians.

Even so, the twenty - seven speeches collected in We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama, edited by E. J. Dionne Jr. and Joy - Ann Reid, are neither better nor worse, for the most part, than any other American politician's speeches: often muddled, consistently unmemorable, and boring.

The awareness of the predicament (on the part of both the politicians at the microphones and the voters in the streets) conceivably could lead to a reconstitution of the American idea, but the finding of the phoenix in the ashes presupposes a debate rising from an intellectual structure a good deal sturdier than the one lost in the wreckage of the World Trade Center.

A nearly identical letter, delivered to Vice President Mike Pence by former senator Bob Dole, was signed by more than a dozen Chaldean, Assyrian, and Jewish leaders, as well as politicians and a retired US Army colonel.

and Romans — well Romans is automatically disqualified for me because it was written by that self - proclaimed «apostle» Paul (the politician — whose words are the most dangerous and untrustworthy of the NT — we have no reason to believe his words any more than those of Joseph Smith).

Leave the «I know better than anyone» to the idiot politicians on TV.

Some see Weiner as «the lesser of two evils» in his mayoral race — guess a sexting politician is better than an «ideologue.»

... whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.

Politicians always claim more credit for a good jobs market than they deserve and get more blame for a bad jobs market than they deserve.

Profound, but politicians should to be able to do better than that.

So is he a better politician now, in his mid-50s, than when he started?

Ergo, since voters don't always know what's good for them, this gives rise to the category of moral wrongdoing called populism, in which politicians give voters what they want, rather than giving voters what they would want if they were better informed and / or better at processing the relevant kind (s) of information.

And while the globe faces a no less complex scenario than in 1974 the reaction is to shrug our collective shoulders at best and at worst talk down politics and write off politicians as venal and selfish.

Not a quick - fix change that papers over the cracks and protects the status quo; not a change that says «our cuts are better than yours», but change that leads to politicians being judged on how they treat people.

Several of us noticed a similar effect during the Democratic YouTube debate this summer — citizens asked better and more substantive questions of politicians than had reporters or the moderator at previous candidate debates.

Journalists need to take a good look at themselves and hold politicians to account, rather than simply talk about their wonky smile.

However, any ranking system is infinitely better than «let's just leave it only to professional politicians to prioritize and have 0 control» system.

If there is no transitional agreement then we fall into the «no deal is better than a bad deal» camp even if politicians have been rowing back from that expression.

Most important, they can ensure that the British people can benefit from the best market regulations that the world has to offer (rather than forcing their politicians to invent everything on their own).

And the one thing I'll always say about politicians, the good ones know it's always better to make a friend in this game than a enemy.

I'm sick and tired of suburban politicians citing «hurting the middle class» as their mantra against good policy that actually helps the middle and working class — i.e. those who commute by another other means than driving in the Central Business District (and somehow afford to park!)

His colleagues know better than to sign on board with his cheap headlines, they won't go anywhere near him because he's a terrible politician and everyone knows it.

The politicians seem to be unable to move away from grand gestures which they think will impress the electorate rather than consider the fundamentals of what makes the kind of education system that the public wants - good local schools in every neighbourhood.

We have entered a dangerous age when the politicians are better known than their policies.

As politicians are better at hiding stuff than I am at finding it, careful perusal of annual messages usually produces more noogies than nuggets.

Since today's gen - eration learned spell ing through Vanna White, since their reading is confined to how many grams of sodium in a can of peas, since politicians today have a body mass index higher than their IQ, I thought it best to actually introduce my guest today.

Bello urged leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to remain united behind the interest of the nation rather than «trigger divisive explosions within the ranks of the party», warning that some politicians who have lost relevance among their people are out to «damage the good atmosphere in the ruling party».

The media - savvy police commissioner about town was at the top of this last year and with good reason: Mr. Bratton is many ways a better politician than the mayor who hired him.

He said the move was «essential for the restoration of public confidence» in politicians - there have been concerns in recent years that MPs were granting themselves better pay rises and pension deals than comparable.

It is up to the politicians to handle these better than they have in the past.

Marching around saying it's «bullshit» whilst our politicians tour their constituencies in stab - proof vests, our bankers screw society for personal gain, our teachers describe classrooms as battlegrounds, our towns and parks have become no - go zones most evenings, our social workers come across the most appalling instances of abuse, just to name but a few of the most obvious examples - well, I think you need to produce a little more than some statistics and a bit of bad language to turn the narrative around.

The early portion of his speech spent some time patting himself on the back for good news (as I've said previously, this is normal behavior by politicians, who take more credit and receive more blame for news than they deserve).