Politicians
- James Wright (governor) (1716–1785), British colonial governor of the U.S. state of Georgia
- J. Skelly Wright (James Skelly Wright, 1911–1988), American judge
- James A. Wright (1902–1963), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
- James L. Wright Pennsylvania politician
- James R. Wright, Canadian diplomat
- Jim Wright (born 1922), U.S. Congressman from Texas, Speaker of the House
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Famous quotes containing the word politicians:
“Wit puts politicians at risk.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Being dismantled before our eyes are not just individual programs that politicians cite as too expensive but the whole idea that society has a stake in the well-being of children down the block and the security of families on the other side of town. Whether or not kids eat well, are nurtured and have a roof over their heads is not just a consequence of how their parents behave. It is also a responsibility of society—but now apparently a diminishing one.”
—Richard B. Stolley (20th century)
“Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water until he had learnt to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)