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People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.
Too often our Washington reflex is to discover a problem and then throw money at it, hoping it will somehow go away.
Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views.
A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.
Take whatever position you want, but do take a position, because once you do, ample money awaits you on either side.
Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true.
The guiding principle of ruling elites was--and still is: When change threatens to rule, then the rules are changed.
Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.
All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law
Dictatorship is like a giant beech-tree - very magnificent to look at in its prime, but nothing grows underneath it.
The avowed policy of non-co-operation has been not to make political use of the disputes between labour and capital.
I never thought that I could reach such a high political position. But I have always been ready to serve my country.
Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people.
Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics.
Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.
If the World Series runs until election day, the networks will run the first one-half inning and project the winner.
Another plague upon the land, as devastating as the locusts God loosed on the Egyptians, is 'Political Correctness.'
I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people who cannot defend themselves.
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
Republicans want smaller government for the same reason crooks want fewer cops; it's easier to get away with murder.
Burmese political culture lacks an understanding of negotiated compromise. We have to build up that kind of culture.
All of which raises another question: If Obamacare is so great, why do so many people want to get out from under it?
Culture and politics were inseparable [in the Sixties], which gave a soundtrack to political awareness and activism.
We cannot be divided either by the languages we speak, by the faiths we profess or by the political views we choose.
Political Science carries inseparably with it the study of piety, and that he who is not pious cannot be truly wise.
Until the American majority is willing to live within its means, it can hardly force its political leaders to do so.
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush.
There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia,' but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event.
The fear of a work becoming dated is one of the most effective tools for keeping people from writing political work.
The distemper of which, as a community, we are sick, should be considered rather as a moral than a political malady.
We have the right to ensure our security, especially when it is possible to reach agreement on a political solution.
Since I came here I have learned that Chester A. Arthur is one man and the President of the United States is another.
Whether you are a business leader or political leader, you need people around you who are prepared to tell the truth.
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
Tolling plan is a wonderful opportunity for political pandering, and some candidates are taking full advantage of it.
Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.
Once you don't vote your ideals ... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.
It is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers but by their distribution that good government is effected.
My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.
I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.
If you mention any ideological thing about shooting Last Tango in Paris, I was thinking I was doing a political film.
I feel I'm two people: I have my interest in acting and I have a lot of other political interests I'd like to pursue.
I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician.
Minorities have never been given their rights. They have always had to wage a political and legal battle to win them.
It's a matter of fact that Senator Obama has spent more money on negative ads than any political campaign in history.
We must let this town square, which has added a significant dimension to our political process, continue to flourish.