A Quote by Jeane Kirkpatrick
Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse - and things won't get worse unless they get elected.
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Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse-and things won't get worse unless they get elected.
The stuff that I propose are things that I'm ready to govern with. They're not tools to get elected. They are programs and plans to do when you get elected.
Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.
I want to show two things. One, that Democrats can solve big problems and get things done. And two, that as a public official, you can make tough choices, do the right things for the right reasons, and upset some people. And still get elected.
I know that things get worse before they get better because that’s what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big.
If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
Just like my mom, when things get bad, I get quiet. The worse they get, the more silent I become.
You have to change things in order to get to where you want to go. And things might get worse. But if you're not getting where you want to be, already, in a sense, it's as bad as it can get.
Without access to true chaos, we'll never have true peace. Unless everything can get worse, it won't get any better.
Do you know the difference between an optimist and a pessimist? A pessimist says ‘Oh dear, things can’t possibly get any worse.’ And an optimist says, ‘Don’t be so sad. Things can always get worse.
When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse.
The [media] coverage is always, "Will [Democrats] get it? Will they get what they want?" And, really, it's even worse than that. It's not, "Will they get it?" It's "How soon will they get it, and what are the villains gonna do to try to stop them from getting it?"
In America, politicians do whatever to get re-elected, and a lot of decisions that were being made at that time by Kennedy were certain not to get him re-elected.
There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public. There are worse things than these miniature betrayals, committed or endured or suspected; there are worse things than not being able to sleep for thinking about them. It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking in and stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse and worse.
When things get better, there's a swing to the pendulum where things get worse for others.
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