Politicians
- William Bowyer (15th century MP), in 1411 MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)
- William Bowyer (died 1602), MP for Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)
- William Bowyer (died 1570), MP for Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)
- William Bowyer (died 1616), MP for Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency) and Dunheved
- Sir William Bowyer, 1st Baronet (1612–1679), English MP for Buckinghamshire
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“Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water until he had learnt to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)
“Unpleasant questions are being raised about Mother’s Day. Is this day necessary? . . . Isn’t it bad public policy? . . . No politician with half his senses, which a majority of politicians have, is likely to vote for its abolition, however. As a class, mothers are tender and loving, but as a voting bloc they would not hesitate for an instant to pull the seat out from under any Congressman who suggests that Mother is not entitled to a box of chocolates each year in the middle of May.”
—Russell Baker (20th century)
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—Ben Hecht (1893–1964)