A Quote by Gavin Esler

Compromise disappoints those who buy into the most ambitious and simplistic populist slogans.

Gavin Esler

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Gavin Esler
Scottish - Journalist
Born: February 27, 1953

The difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and...kind of slogans that are...they fool the people. They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.

Akbar Ganji

We have a large public that is very ignorant about public affairs and very susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere, have no track record, but mouth appealing slogans

Zbigniew Brzezinski

I remember laughing when we made those slogans up [about abortion]. . . . We were looking for some sexy, catchy slogans to capture public opinion. They were very cynical slogans then, just as all of these slogans today are very, very cynical.

Bernard Nathanson

There is a temptation in politics to look for simplistic slogans and to play the game in a way that looks like you're a savvy politician.

Kathleen Wynne

It's easier to make negative attacks and simplistic slogans [in social media] than it is to communicate complex policies.

Barack Obama

Nothing outrages and disappoints an extremist more than compromise.

Lawrence O'Donnell

Loose talk about no deal has given credibility to the simplistic slogans of the Brexit party and resulted in millions voting for them.

David Gauke

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.

Baruch Spinoza

The New York Times had a headline on its website - Trump Turning To Ultra Wealthy To Steer Economic Policy. This doesn't sound very populist to me. Today's commerce secretary, the names being talked about for treasury secretary, I think there will be populist talk but maybe no populist action.

E. J. Dionne

If you do it first class and you don't compromise values, and you don't compromise quality, and you don't compromise service, and you don't compromise cleanliness, then everybody else who is the competitor has got to play catch-up.