Politics-Related Lists - List of Micronations, List of Political Catch Phrases, List of Scandals with "-Gate" Suffix (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: List of micronations, List of political catch phrases, List of scandals with "-gate" suffix, List of wars between democracies, Political lists, List of political party symbols, List of political dissidents, List of foreign ministry headquarters, List of political movements named after dates. Excerpt: The following is a list of political catchphrases, that is, distinctive statements uttered by political figures that have gone on to become well known. They are distinct from political slogans in that they are often not deliberately created sayings, and may become famous for other, unintentional reasons, and thus go on to gain "a life of their own" in popular culture and imagination. In Dutch In English In French Dutch - French Latin In Chinese "Aivan aluksi haluaisin kiittaa..." (Firstly I would like to thank...) by Jutta Urpilainen of Social Democratic Party of Finland. She started many of her interviews with those words after after 2008 parliamentary elections. She used the phrase also after 2011 elections as a joke. Imperial Germany 1871-1918 West-Germany 1949-1990 East-Germany 1949-1990 Berlin Republic 1990-present This is a list of actual or alleged scandals or controversies named with a "-gate" suffix, by analogy with the Watergate scandal. The suffix -gate derives from the Watergate scandal of the United States in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon. The scandal was named after the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on the Potomac River between 1935 and 1965. The suffix is used to embellish a noun or name to suggest the existence of a far-reaching scandal, particularly in politics and government. As a CBC News Online column noted in 2001, the term may "sug...