Quote by Chris Patten

There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder.

There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of el

Summary

This quote suggests that elections often carry an air of absurdity, with arguments becoming increasingly ill-conceived and unreasonable. It highlights a sense of unfamiliarity and incredulity surrounding the political process, at times rendering it exotic. The quote implies that the quality of discourse during elections is marked by an unfortunate decline in sophistication, making it seem preposterous.

Topics

By Chris Patten

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve ou

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.

Even men of the noblest possible moral character are extreme

Even men of the noblest possible moral character are extremely susceptible to the influence of the physical charms of others. Modern, no less then Ancient History, supplies us with many most painful examples of what I refer to. If it were not so, indeed, History would be quite unreadable.

Men Beauty Humor Funny

I have done my fiddling so long under Vesuvius that I have a

I have done my fiddling so long under Vesuvius that I have almost forgotten to play, and can only wait for the eruption and think it long of coming. Literally no man has more wholly outlived life than I. And still it's good fun.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must ha

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

Coffee, she'd discovered, was tied to all sorts of memories,

Coffee, she'd discovered, was tied to all sorts of memories, different for each person. Sunday mornings, friendly get-togethers, a favorite grandfather long since gone, the AA meeting that saved their life. Coffee meant something to people. Most found their lives were miserable without it. Coffee was a lot like love that way. And because Rachel believed in love, she believed in coffee, too.

Sarah Addison Allen

I used to issue leaflets asking people to enlist as recruits

I used to issue leaflets asking people to enlist as recruits. One of the arguments I had used was distasteful to the Commissioner: 'Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn.' The Commissioner referred to this and said that he appreciated my presence in the conference in spite of the differences between us. And I had to justify my standpoint as courteously as I could.N.B.: This quote refers to the British disarmament of the Indian Army. Gandhi never advocated the individual right to bear arms.

Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi, An Autob

His wit and irony - particularly when he uses them to condem

His wit and irony - particularly when he uses them to condemn superstition - are inimitable

Bertrand Russell

Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write

Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.

Because all of us believe and understand in the fabric of th

Because all of us believe and understand in the fabric of the common bond of why we call ourselves American is to care for the men and women who wear the uniform and when they take off the uniform, we care for them when they are veterans.

Let us not seek to bring religion to others, but let us ende

Let us not seek to bring religion to others, but let us endeavor to live it ourselves.

Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need

Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society.

It may be that without a vision men shall die. It is no less

It may be that without a vision men shall die. It is no less true that, without hard practical sense, they shall also die. Without Jefferson the new nation might have lost its soul. Without Hamilton it would assuredly have been killed in body.

James Truslow Adams