Politburo Standing Committee

Famous quotes containing the words politburo, standing and/or committee:

    “There is a totalitarian regime inside every one of us. We are ruled by a ruthless politburo which sets ours norms and drives us from one five-year plan to another. The autonomous individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.”
    —Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

    “Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic.”
    —Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)

    “Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.”
    —George F. Will (b. 1941)