Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.
In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith.
I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head.
The Incarnation is the medicine of the soul, undoing the Fall and bringing man to the Tree of Life, and the office of a priest is to administer this medicine in the sacraments.
I hold an office in trust, not a title. I don't want to say it's a kamikaze approach to life, but it's ingrained.
As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it.
It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer And A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent.
I would love to live in India or in the South of France, but Roger Vivier doesn't have offices yet in New Delhi or Jaipur.
I'd love to make a sequel to 'The Rocketeer.' The film didn't do as well at the box office as we all hoped, but it has endured and generated a following.
The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence... sort of like the Post Office with tanks.
What the cops did to Rodney King was wrong, and the officers who beat him should be sent straight to prison.
The box office has become global. I think that factors in to the question of how to portray different ethnicities and cultures.
And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian.
I know that there are coaches who do end up sleeping on the sofa in their office.
It's hard running for office when people can't say your name.
I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.
The Blackberry is really essential for keeping up on my emails when I'm out of the office, which is a lot.
Vote Smart has sent out thirty thousand questionnaires to every candidate running for office.
Being president of a major public university is the most political nonpolitical office around.
On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.