Politics
- Billy Blyton, Baron Blyton (1899–1987) of South Shields, Labour Party politician
- Sir William Fox (1812–1893) four times Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Harold Heslop (1898–1983) Trade unionist and writer
- Charles Mark Palmer (1822–1907), ship builder and Liberal Member of Parliament
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.”
—Peggy Noonan (b. 1950)
“Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted women to politics and the professions. The conservatives who saw this as the undermining of our civilization and the end of the state and marriage were right after all; it is time for the demolition to begin.”
—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)