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Looking back at the recent presidential elections, it would be fair to ask if politicians have anything worth saying--or have soundbites and spindoctors killed true political wit? The answer--a surprising yes-- can be found in Antony Jay's outstanding Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations, the last word on which politicians, both at home and abroad, have uttered lasting words.
This diverse and fresh collection of over 4,000 quotations embraces the world of politics and politicians from biblical times to the present day, with quotations from a wide range of voices, from Aeschylus to Malcolm X, from Boris Yeltsin to Bill Clinton. Here are every facet of political life, from the pivotal and momentous to the rhetorical, the sincere, the bemused, the tongue-in-cheek, and the downright rude, with memorable words from the old hands as well as from contemporary quotable figures. There are politicians' views on political events, quips about other politicians, thoughts on the presidency, the British monarchy, Europe, economics, warfare, and the state of society, as well as deeper political truths. Fully up to date with comments from both politicians and pundits, we find:
Bella Abzug on Richard Nixon: he "impeached himself. He gave us Gerald Ford as his revenge." John Nance Gardner on the worth of office: "The vice-presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm piss." Nikita Krushchev on politicians: "the same all over. They promise to build a bridge where there is no river." Ross Perot on political roles: "An activist is the guy who cleans the river, not the guy who concludes its dirty." Newt Gingrich on Bob Dole: "the tax collector for the welfare state."
These are accompanied by discerning and incisive comments from a whole host of other figures such as Al Capone, Peter Cook, Mahatma Gandhi, Dorothy Parker, George Washington, Charles de Gaulle, Juan Peron, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
Those with an interest in politics or contemporary affairs or anyone with a healthy dose of cynicism and an appetite for irony will enjoy this sparkling tour of spoken life in the public eye. In Douglas Hurd's words, "at a time when politics and politicians are in the dumps, Antony Jay reminds us that not all of the profession have been inarticulate and forgettable dimwits."
Author Notes
About the Editor: From Panorama in 1956 to Annie's Bar in 1996, Antony Jay has spent 40 years travelling in the realms of government and politics as a television writer and producer. He is perhaps best known as the writer of the incisively witty political comedies Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. He has an established interest in and knowledge of Quotations dictionaries, and acted as a contributor-assessor for the third edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
Reviews (2)
Choice Review
There is no scarcity of recent dictionaries of political aphorisms, and their criteria for selection are somewhat predictable, but Jay's dictionary is a worthwhile addition. Its 4,000 entries follow the format of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (4th ed., ed. by Angela Partington 1996), alphabetically arranged by author, with a keyword index. Authors' names are in boldface, followed by dates of birth and death and brief identification. Individual quotations sometimes include cross-references to other authors. Sources are cited briefly, with dates. Most other dictionaries of political quotations are less substantial, although Lewis Eigen and Jonathan Siegel's The Macmillan Dictionary of Political Quotations (CH, Nov'93) and Daniel Baker's Political Quotations (CH, Mar'91), both arranged by subject, are comparable in vintage, size, and scope. There is a clear British bias: Shakespeare, Churchill, Burke, Bagehot, and Disraeli are disproportionately represented. Nevertheless, this is a good reference source for any US library, particularly to complement others arranged by subject. It is inexpensive as recent reference books go, and entertaining. All levels. D. W. Heron; formerly, University of California
Library Journal Review
Originally published in Great Britain and edited by British television writer and producer Jay, this book aims to present "a bank of political quotations which are part of the currency of political speeches and writings throughout the English-speaking world." Thus, the primary qualification for a quote's inclusion "was not its antiquity or profundity, but its familiarity." The coverage favors the British, but there is ample treatment of Americans as well as politicians from other countriesranging from Roman times to the present and even including popular figures such as Woody Allen and Joan Baez. Drawn from the Oxford database and supplemented with material from correspondence and the media, the 4000-plus quotations are arranged alphabetically by author, with cross references. This is the opposite of the subject arrangements of the two other major collections, Political Quotations (LJ 5/1/94) and the Macmillan Dictionary of Political Quotations (Macmillan, 1993). Macmillan includes twice as many quotations, but Oxford and Political Quotations have keyword indexes, and Oxford is somewhat more up to date. With its unique author arrangement, this is recommended as an affordable addition for medium to large libraries.Louise Ann Treff, Univ. of Colorado at Denver (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| Introduction |
| Dictionary |
| Index Sound bites of 2000-4 |