Politicians
- John James (MP for Wallingford), 1364-78, Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallingford
- John James (14th-century MP), MP for Melcombe Regis
- John James (died 1601), MP for St Ives and Newcastle-under-Lyme
- John James (Canadian politician) (1911–1999), Canadian Member of Parliament
- John H. James (1830–1917), mayor of Atlanta
- John James (Parliamentarian) (1610–1681), English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1653 for Worcestershire
- John James (died 1718), MP for Brackley
- John James (MP for Maldon), MP for Maldon
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“I’ve always wondered why European politicians as a group seemed brighter than American politicians as a group. Maybe it’s because many American politicians have the race issue to fall back on. They become lazy, suspicious of innovative ideas, and as a result American institutions atrophy.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)
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