Politics
- Jack Reed (politician) (born 1949), American politician from Rhode Island
- John H. Reed (born 1921), American politician, 66th governor of Maine
- John Reed, Jr. (1781–1860), American politician from Massachusetts, son of John Reed, Sr. (below), entered Congress in 1813
- John Reed, Sr. (1751–1831), American politician from Massachusetts, left Congress in 1801
- John A. Reed, Jr. (born 1931), American lawyer, judge
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“They who have been bred in the school of politics fail now and always to face the facts. Their measures are half measures and makeshifts merely. They put off the day of settlement, and meanwhile the debt accumulates.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“From the beginning, the placement of [Clarence] Thomas on the high court was seen as a political end justifying almost any means. The full story of his confirmation raises questions not only about who lied and why, but, more important, about what happens when politics becomes total war and the truth—and those who tell it—are merely unfortunate sacrifices on the way to winning.”
—Jane Mayer, U.S. journalist, and Jill Abramson b. 1954, U.S. journalist. Strange Justice, p. 8, Houghton Mifflin (1994)
“Our family talked a lot at table, and only two subjects were taboo: politics and personal troubles. The first was sternly avoided because Father ran a nonpartisan daily in a small town, with some success, and did not wish to express his own opinions in public, even when in private.”
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)