Politicians
- William Alexander (died 1446), MP for Salisbury and Wiltshire
- William Alexander (Edinburgh MP) (c. 1690–1761), MP for Edinburgh
- William Alexander (Glasgow MP) (1874–1954), MP for Glasgow Central
- William Vollie Alexander, Jr. (born 1934), American politician; former US Representative from Arkansas
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“Everyone was tired with the old style politicians and their flowery rhetoric. I just told them there are tough times ahead, but that they would be less tough with me in charge.”
—Anibal Cavaco Silva (b. 1939)
“And he gave it for his opinion, that 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.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
“I’ve always wondered why European politicians as a group seemed brighter than American politicians as a group. Maybe it’s because many American politicians have the race issue to fall back on. They become lazy, suspicious of innovative ideas, and as a result American institutions atrophy.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)