The political realm is no realm for saints ; a politician ought to marry the ethic of ultimate ends and the ethic of responsibility and must possess both a passion for his vocation and the capacity to distance himself from the subject of his exertions ( the governed ).

In 2005, BBC One broadcast an adaptation for the ShakespeaRe-Told series, written by Sally Wainwright and directed by Dave Richards, which set the story in modern-day Britain, with Katherine ( played by Shirley Henderson ) as an abrasive career politician who is told she must find a husband if she wants to become the party leader.

This singular and yet pragmatic identity must have appealed to Hofmannsthal to a certain degree due to the large scale fragmentation of Austria at the time, which was in the throes of radical nationalism and anti-Semitism, a nation in which the progressive artist and the progressive politician were growing more different and hostile to each other by the day.

:" It is not Cosa Nostra that contacts the politician ; instead a member of the Cosa Nostra says, that president is mine ( è cosa mia ), and if you need a favor, you must go through me.

The latter festival came to scandalous prominence in 62 BC, when the politician Clodius Pulcher was tried for his intrusion on the rites, allegedly bent on the seduction of Julius Caesar's wife, whom Caesar later divorced because " Caesar's wife must be above suspicion ".

Alongside Josh Lucas and Patrick Dempsey, Witherspoon played Melanie Carmichael, a young fashion designer who intends to marry a New York politician but must return to Alabama to divorce her childhood sweetheart, from whom she has been separated for seven years.

But the fact that Fonblanque, a man not only of strong and earnest political convictions but also of exceptional literary ability, did not hesitate to choose this field as a worthy one in which both a politician and a man of letters might usefully as well as honorably put forth his best gifts, must have helped, in no small degree, to correct the old prejudice.

A politician must possess both passion for his vocation and the capacity to distance himself from the subject of his exertions ( the governed ).

Thus, while Canadians who reside in major urban centres typically live within walking distance of their federal or provincial representatives ' constituency offices, a rural politician who represents dozens of geographically dispersed small towns must normally incur much greater travel expenses, being forced to drive for several hours, or even to travel by air, in order to visit parts of their own district — and may even need to maintain more than one constituency office in order to properly represent all of their constituents.

Whether one is a cop, a longshoreman, a drug dealer, a politician, a judge or a lawyer, all are ultimately compromised and must contend with whatever institution they are committed to.

Most remember him as a secular “ enlightened ” politician, who advocated separation of state and religion and believed that, " outwardly and inwardly, in body and in spirit, Iran must become wholly Europeanized in every way if it were to progress .".

is a philosopher and politician in the fictional Gundam stories, in which he developed Contolism, which was both about Ere-ism ( that Earth is sacred and mankind must leave it and live in space ) and Side-ism ( all Sides are to be treated as sovereign states ).

Jürgen Rüttgers ( born June 26, 1951 in Cologne ) is a German politician ( CDU ) and former Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, widely known for his views on immigration and the much-discussed phrase " Kinder statt Inder " (" children instead of Indians ") which was a media interpretation of " Statt Inder an die Computer müssen unsere Kinder an die Computer " (" instead of Indians in front of computers, our children must be in front of computers "), during an election campaign ( which he finally lost ) at a time when there was a parallel nationwide discussion about whether or whether not immigration rules should be liberalised on behalf of attracting more highly qualified foreign academics to the German labor market.

Hoping to cut down on such works, Udall had proposed that a politician be at least fifty years departed before he is memorialized.

The Athenian politician Aristides would spend the rest of his life occupied in the affairs of the alliance, dying ( according to Plutarch ) a few years later in Pontus, whilst determining what the tax of new members was to be.

In Canada, where the Act of Settlement is now a part of Canadian constitutional law, Tony O ' Donohue, a Canadian civic politician, took issue with the provisions that exclude Roman Catholics from the throne, and which make the monarch of Canada the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, requiring him or her to be an Anglican.

He was considered to be an outstanding politician of his day.

Critic William Kuhn argued that much of his fiction can be read as " the memoirs he never wrote ", revealing the inner life of a politician for whom the norms of Victorian public life appeared to represent a social straitjacket – particularly with regard to his allegedly " ambiguous sexuality.

Bush placing his manhood in a blind trust — in parody of Bush ’ s using that financial instrument to fend off concerns that his governmental decisions would be influenced by his investment holdings — brought the politician to complain, " Doonesbury ’ s carrying water for the opposition.

Thus, despite Gemma's intimate connection with a powerful American politician, who was then director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration ( UNRRA ), it took two years to be cleared and sent to the United States.

Furigana may also be necessary in the rare case where names are transliterated into kanji from other languages ( e. g. soccer star Ruy Ramos and politician Marutei Tsurunen.

In the early 21st century, Kemp continued to be considered along with Reagan as the politician most responsible for the implementation of supply-side tax cuts and along with Steve Forbes as the political figure most responsible for their continued place in the marketplace of political ideas.

Grimm was not made to be a politician, and also soon realized that the National Assembly was not getting anywhere ( it was eventually dissolved without establishing a constitution ), and so asked to be released from his duties and returned with relief to his former studies.

Ribbentrop was the first politician to be hanged on 16 October 1946 ( Göring having committed suicide before his own hanging ).

If a politician, again regardless of party, were to speak outside of this range, he or she would receive negative press or be ignored.

Whereas a team of bodyguards carrying larger submachine guns may indicate to would-be aggressors that the VIP is an important politician, a machine pistol such as the Glock 18 can be concealed in a standard holster.

These visits enabled him to meet and take the measure of his adversaries Napoleon III, and the British Prime Minister Palmerston and Foreign Secretary Earl Russell, and also of the British Conservative politician Disraeli, later to be Prime Minister in the 1870s – who later claimed to have said of Bismarck's visit " Be careful of that man – he means every word he says ".

For example, a politician might propose that standards be included for education about sex or creationism.

* James Madison: American politician and protege of Jefferson considered to be “ Father of the Constitution ” and “ Father of the Bill of Rights ” of the United States.

The apparently genial Moríñigo soon proved himself a shrewd politician with a mind of his own, and the Liberals resigned within a few weeks when they realized that they would not be able to impose their will on him.

When Stroessner took office on August 15, 1954, few people imagined that this circumspect, unassuming forty-one-year-old commander in chief would be a master politician capable of outmaneuvering and outlasting them all.

Boniface IX was a frank politician, strapped for cash like the other princes of Europe, as the costs of modern warfare rose and supporters needed to be encouraged by gifts, for fourteenth-century government depended upon such personal support as a temporal ruler could gather and retain.

Bartholdi was inspired by French law professor and politician Édouard René de Laboulaye, who commented in 1865 that any monument raised to American independence would properly be a joint project of the French and American peoples.

** Titus Quinctius Flamininus, a Roman politician and general who will be instrumental in the Roman conquest of Greece ( d. 174 BC )

For a time, Garfield appeared to be the only Ohio politician to hold this position.

Before and during his career as a writer, he attempted to be a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician ; he failed in all of these efforts.

A politician was approached by a man seeking the office of a minor public official who had just died.

Although a skillful politician and a courageous and honest man, Mr. Nixon, Mr. White believes, ignored his own top-level planners, wasted time and effort in the wrong regions, missed opportunities through indecision and damaged his chances on television.

Nehru, the man and politician made such a powerful imprint on India that his death on 27 May 1964, left India with no clear political heir to his leadership ( although his daughter was widely expected to succeed him before she turned it down in favour of Shastri ).

Jaques Sterne was a powerful clergyman but a mean-tempered man and a rabid politician.

Michael Mackintosh Foot, FRSL, PC ( 23 July 1913 – 3 March 2010 ) was a British Labour Party politician and man of letters.

Both Herodotus and Plato record variations of an anecdote in which Themistocles responded with subtle sarcasm to an undistinguished man who complained that the great politician owed his fame merely to the fact that he came from Athens.

Lord Wharton, made a Duke by George I, was a prominent politician with two separate lives: the first, " a ... man of letters " and the second, "... a drunkard, a rioter, an infidel and a rake ".

* September 6 – Eduardo Maruri, Ecuadorian business man and politician

However, many place him somewhere in between, a man who used the plight of the poor to suit his personal interests and a politician of the time no more corrupt than any other.

" In view, the division between artist ( writer ) and man of action ( politician, explorer, soldier ) does not exist in England.

The documentary concluded him to be descended from one Roger Packsman, a 14th century politician from Suffolk who had changed his name to Paxman ( man of peace, " Pax " translates from Latin as peace ) to impress " the electorate.

He was a cousin of the 10th Viscount Cobham and a great-nephew of the politician and sportsman Alfred Lyttelton, who was the first man to represent England at both football and cricket.

* Alexander Hill Everett ( 1792 – 1847 ), American diplomatist, politician and man of letters

The Purcell-Killingsworth House, also known as " Traveler's Rest " was completed in 1890 by William Henry Purcell ( 1845 – 1910 ), a prominent Columbia business man and politician.

Aars is renowned for its collection of artwork by Per Kirkeby, politician Svend Auken, and successful business man Jes Lund Bengtsson.

Lord Chesterfield's great-great-grandson, the fourth Earl, was a politician and man of letters and notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and as Secretary of State for the Northern Department.

However, the apparent entry of the popular Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alfie Byrne, into the presidential race ( in fact he eventually failed to get nominated ) and the belief that neither O ' Kelly nor any other politician could beat Byrne ( ironically a close friend of O ' Kelly ) led to all party agreement, on the opposition Fine Gael's suggestion, that the office go to Douglas Hyde, a Protestant Irish man, as a thank you for his contribution to Irish society.

Gandhi also recognised Gokhale as an admirable leader and master politician, describing him as ' pure as crystal, gentle as a lamb, brave as a lion and chivalrous to a fault and the most perfect man in the political field '.

The impressions were also often made fun of for being nothing more than thin caricatures of one or more of the politician or celebrity's characteristics ( i. e. Roger Abbott's portrayal of Jean Chrétien as a twisted-mouthed man who ridiculously mispronounced English words with an over the top French Canadian accent, Jessica Holmes ' impressions of Celine Dion as a diva and a whiny Liza Minnelli, and Craig Lauzon's impression of Stephen Harper as a robot ).

They had three daughters during a firm and happy marriage: Mary Irene, who inherited her father's Barony of Ravensdale and was created a life peer in her own right ; Cynthia, who became the first wife of politician Sir Oswald Mosley ; and Alexandra Naldera (" Baba "), who married Edward " Fruity " Metcalfe, the best friend, best man and equerry of Edward VIII.

From 1920 the remaining road work was financed by business man and politician Hugo Stinnes.

IRA man and future Irish politician, Todd Andrews recalled later, " the fact is that the majority of the IRA raids were abortive.

Harvey Bernard Milk ( May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978 ) was an American politician who became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.