Politicians
- Thomas Preston (MP for Derby), see Derby (UK Parliament constituency)
- Thomas Preston (died 1604), MP for Knaresborough
- Thomas Preston of Gretton, MP for Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)
- Thomas Preston, in 1437 MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)
- Thomas Preston, in 1452 MP for Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)
- Thomas Preston (of Holker, elder) (1600–1679), English MP for Lancashire
- Thomas Preston (of Holker, younger) (1647–1697), English MP for Lancaster
Read more about this topic: Thomas Preston
Famous quotes containing the word politicians:
“When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention to literature, it is a bad sign—a bad sign mostly for literature.... But it is also a bad sign when they don’t want to hear the word mentioned.”
—Italo Calvino (1923–1985)
“Wit puts politicians at risk.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“I spent my life mixin’ with your breed, and I don’t like it. Get me. You can hide behind a lot of red tape, crooked lawyers and politicians with the gimmes, writs of habeas corpus, witnesses that don’t remember overnight, but we’ll get through to you, just like we got all the rest.”
—Ben Hecht (1893–1964)