Sentences with phrase «than a politician does»

A thief accomplishes more to attaining Nirvana in one lifetime, than a politician does in ten thousand lifetimes.

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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.

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

«For a politician who doesn't want to admit that the electorate sent a message that they don't like politicians, it's far easier to scapegoat it on economic issues than it is to address the fundamental question: that there are voters in this country who no longer think their representatives represent them,» said a Democratic strategist involved in 2016.

And this could be a tipping point moment where we the people tell our politicians and our leaders what we want to happen to our economy, rather than having to listen to their bullshit about shall we have a stimulus or shall we not, or shall we do this or shall we not.

«By refusing to act decisively at an early stage, they in a sense perpetuated the crisis, creating a situation where in the end the euro - area politicians had no other choice than to do the right thing,» Mr. Kirkegaard said.

When most politicians try this, as Finance Ministers often do to try to create the appearance of sophistication, it's usually just in nonsensical financial jargon that amounts to nothing more than bromides.

One of the major obstacles they must overcome is the seemingly negative perception the public has of Stéphane Dion; they're attempting to do this by asserting him as a decisive and strong political leader, and by showcasing him as an «average citizen,» rather than a politician who has been regarded as a somewhat - distant intellectual.

I believe the NDP was the beneficiary of anger directed at the former PC politicians who were in Government and I do believe that anger was greater than than anyone realized.

James — while disagreeing with you assessment of Obama's presidency, I do agree that most LDS politicians are quite a bit more centrist than most would think.

No one has done more to create a modern conservative agenda than Yuval Levin, and not every conservative politician is as obtuse as Cruz.

but, I don't care where it comes from — you give me someone saying something other than «we just don't know» about god, and I'll show you a salesman, or a politician, or a lobbyist.

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.

Why do you think politicians would rather bash each other than discuss other matters?

Surveys show that African - Americans attend church in higher numbers than white Americans do, and Democratic politicians have long made a habit of speaking from black pulpits in the leadup to Election Day.

It was a book whose title was to prove more memorable than its content; during the two decades since its publication «blaming the victim» has remained on the lips of politicians and intellectuals as a codified rebuke to any suggestion that people are poor because of what they have done or not done rather than because of what has been done to them or not done for them.

All the right candidate has to do is get up there — sound more like a preacher than a politician — or intelligent human being for that matter — and he won the evangelicals — hook, line, and sinker — just like GW did.

I don't think Romney is any worse than the average politician.

It always irks me to no end when I see what politicians have been doing in the name of God, Christianity, and family values that does nothing more than alienate others and cause them to embarrass themselves and other believers.

Although the professors think politicians pay much more attention to religious values than do business leaders, they wish both groups would heed religion more.

The Methodist bishops» pastoral letter on nuclear arms, In Defense of Creation, is bound to be ignored by a society that sees that bishops talk no differently than do politicians.

[After some back and forth Mr Cassidy tries to explain to Senator Xenophon, who seems hung up on the fact that nobody from the ACCC attended the previous day's hearings (perhaps forgetting that while politicians seem to have all the time in the world talking about things they don't understand, the ACCC has other commitments), that he really doesn't have a clue what he's talking about; he was a little more dignified than that though]

Stevens noted the paradox by which Roosevelt, abandoning a childhood choice to be a naturalist, as a politician made far greater contributions to conservation than he could have done otherwise.

There is now no reason, other than childish point scoring (as politicians constantly do) to fight fellow Gooners.

... 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.

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

So, what has Fayemi done that is worse than what all politicians are accused of?

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.

There was a sense that the PES has worked harder than ever to have a participatory process, but that it must now be the job of national politicians and parties to both promote a European argument in domestic politics, and to ensure European messages for the left come across, as it can not be done politically only by representatives at the European level.

I knew that Republican politicians are very much in favor of big government (arguably more than Democrats) but I didn't think that was a particularly conservative stance.

Affirming Russell Brand's view that «there isn't anyone in Britain that don't love the NHS», Miliband demonstrated a higher than usual deployment of the British politician's favourite pronoun / institution combination: «our NHS».

In fact, no Westchester politician running for office this year has done more to raise property taxes on Westchester families than George Latimer.

«No salaries to pay», on the other hand if every citizen becomes effectively full - time politician (voting is much more than merely pressing the button), who (and when) is going to get the real work done?

Using long words doesn't make you a politician, any more than having long hair makes you a revolutionary.

«While we're complaining — could politicians trying to talk about policy do so in an intelligent way, rather than preaching disaster and standing outside Greggs?

We are sick of politicians who care more about headlines and power than they do about us.»

Green supporters share with those of Ukip a certain populist disillusionment with the political mainstream (for example, three - quarters agree with the statement that «politicians don't care what people like me think»), but there is a crucial difference: they are much more likely to have a sense of political efficacy than Ukip's followers.

It leaves us to believe Bob Turner would do anything for political power including associating himself with one of the most corrupt politician in years who stole more than Tony Seminerio, Sheldon Leffeler, Brian McLaughlin, and so on and so on.

Such outlays are far greater than for many visible social policies, and since the submerged state is hidden from view, politicians have a great deal more knowledge of its true cost than their ordinary supporters do.

Join us,» Nixon wrote in a message accompanied by a two - minute video in which she says she is «sick of politicians who care more about headlines and power than they do about us.»

In «Yes Minister», Sir Humphrey is infinitely more intelligent than Jim Hacker, and invariably tries to frustrate whatever changes the politician wants to make to the system - but, if given an instruction, he follows it: it would be against his sense of his professional pride for him not to do so.

«We did not become the most taxed state in America by accident; it is due to a systematic break down caused by politicians beholden to big donors and party leaders rather than the people,» Giambra said.

Rather than stand up to the governor, my state senator — like most politicians in this city, in both parties — has taken the coward's way out, doing nothing for straphangers who pay escalating fares for service that is nothing short of catastrophic.

She added, «We are sick of politicians who care more about headlines and power than they do about us.»

«We are sick of politicians who care more about headlines and power than they do about us,» Nixon says in the video.

But analysts now accept politicians have responded to the bigger than usual cohort by doing more to win its votes.

The politicians and the media don't really know as much as the people pushing the buttons do [humanists], so they are almost unwitting accomplices in breaking down barriers which will eventually lead to people being more vulnerable than they are today.

This change has produced some good side - effects - the present generation of professional politicians works harder for their constituents than the previous one of citizen legislators did.

we are saying that consolidation should occur in order to save the taxpayers real money rather than as a political vendetta against a few politicians that didn't vote the way our illustrious Governor wanted them to.

Mr. Donovan, rather than expending the severely limited resources of the State on partisan, politically motivated litigation against the law of the land which, however flawed, did address some notorious abuses by the insurance industry, why don't you tell us what your priority is with respect to corruption and misuse of public funbds and resources by politicians right here in New York State?