She said: "The corporate influence on politics influences just about anything that happens, seeing as politicians write the plans that healthcare has to follow.

Senior and successful politicians - men of action, not ideas - rarely write books of theory or policy, even more rarely valuable ones.

Very few politicians write about their constituencies, do they?

Why, do you not know that when a politician writes, he begins with the names of his approvers?

At one time, politicians wrote their memoirs toward the end of their careers, when, presumably, the price of honesty was much lower.

Dead wood was cut, an Indian politician writes me, but no saplings planted.

So should we look forward to a date in the future when former politicians write op-eds decrying the "Free ride" of Apple for sending content?

To Vima is historically the newspaper where the most prominent politicians would give interviews or write articles.

If a good politician cannot write a good memoir then what, exactly, does he write?

"Either affirm your ability to take decisive measures, or resign," the 22 journalists, economists, politicians and cultural figures wrote in their open letter.