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America is fed up with political correctness, and it is fed up with government that doesn't work. It's fed up with weakness being interpreted as wisdom.
Architecture is a political act, by nature. It has to do with the relationships between people and how they decide to change their conditions of living.
Above all, there is no exception to this rule: that the idea of political superiority always resolves itself into the idea of psychological superiority.
Over the course of two terms, President Reagan revolutionized the Republican Party and changed the political atmosphere in a way still being felt today.
Having worked my way from the bottom of the ladder to the top [of the UN] certainly helped me navigate that complexity, both political and bureaucratic.
King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.
In a way, the political cartoon drawings are things that are small and have humor and a childhood aesthetic and are often stronger to spread an opinion.
As I have been arguing for a long time now, there is a real need not simply for a political economy of wealth but also for a political economy of speed.
The advancement of freedom is not a matter of who wields political power over creative actions; rather, it depends upon the disassembling of such power.
If Hillary Clinton becomes president, how is she going to be able to get the country behind her when she seems like a political figure from another era?
I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.
But no one can praise Roosevelt for doing this and then insist that he restored our traditional political and economic systems to their former vitality.
If the way to do good to my country were to render myself popular, I could easily do it. But extravagant popularity is not the road to public advantage.
Sociotropic voters with biased economic beliefs are more likely to produce severe political failures than are selfish voters with rational expectations.
The reality is today most of our political leaders want to be treated as gods and semi-gods, from the security details to the fuss around them and so on.
It has been years since I have seen anyone who could even look as if he were in love. No one's face lights up any more except for political conversation.
The extreme geniality of San Francisco's economic, intellectual and political climate makes it the most varied and challenging city in the United States.
You have got to unite in the same labor union and in the same political party and strike and vote together, and the hour you do that, the world is yours.
The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
You cannot have partition only on political bases or geographic bases. It should be social first of all when the communities do not live with each other.
The rout of fascism, in which the Soviet Union played the decisive role, generated a mighty tide of socio-political changes which swept across the globe.
Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.
I still believe that term limits is the best way to ensure that the next generation, not the next election, is the central concern in our elected bodies.
Technological evolution is leading to something new: a worldwide, interlocked, monolithic, technical-political web of unprecedented negative proportions.
Courts in America seem to be so political, and it would be so great for our justice system if they would be able to read a statement and do what's right.
Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be political.
I don't consider my homosexuality a political thing. I consider it a sexual and spiritual thing. I only started going to political rallies to meet women.
The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole.
It takes truth, and it takes speaking truth to power, but because the stranglehold is so tight it seems to take something else - a real political threat.
A transitional government is the beginning of a transfer of sovereignty. It's a question of Iraqi security and moving forward with the political process.
Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit.
Always inflation comes gradually; is recognized too late; and can be cured only by ruthless political surgery, which, if delayed too long, proves futile.
Since this is an era when many people are concerned about 'fairness' and 'social justice,' what is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?
If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.
To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he'd be on Mount Rushmore by now.
Because the state can no longer protect us from crime, it wants to take away from us the means of protecting ourselves. This is the logic of gun control.
I would be happy to accept asylum, political asylum, in India — a nation I love. In return, I will bring Mayawati a range of the finest British footwear.
Today we say all art is political. But I'd say all art has to do with ethics. Which after all really comes to the same thing. It's a matter of attitudes.
Often dismissed or underestimated by political opponents, President Reagan had the most valuable weapon in the political arsenal: a bond with the people.
I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.
The prime minister of Israel is welcome to speak in the United States, obviously. But we don't want to see this turned into some great political football
I know the Russian political elite has got used to the Ukraine suffering from an inferiority complex, but I want this to disappear from our relationship.
I want judges on the Supreme Court who will not use that position to impose their personal policy preferences or political agenda on the American people.
A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station, not the factory. It concentrates its energy on infiltrating and changing the image system.
Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegates to Vice President Joe Biden and other lesser sorts.
I wanted to do a political film that is as nonpartisan as can be, because I wanted to do a story that was American. I wanted to tell an American tragedy.
We do not have time to play at "oppositions" at "conferences." We will keep our political opponents... whether open or disguised as "nonparty," in prison.
Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.
But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues - political issues, gender issues - that people need to be educated about.
A lot of people who claim they're political comedians are just comedians who have opinions. But they stop being funny the minute they give their opinions.