I hope that one of my legacies, and I worked to pass it on, is moderation in politics.
People didn't vote left or right in the election. They voted for putting an end to all the primitive political history.
When I was 17, I came to the U.S. to study Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University.
Nixon has enough to overcome in terms of his legacy and his political history. Now he has to overcome the in-fighting between his daughters. It's so sad. There's another obstacle for him to clear.
If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.
The objective of a terrorist is to create political change in the society he targets.
I've written quite a variety of songs, everything from kids songs to political satire, and my dad covered a fairly large range, also.
I think one of the saddest things that's happening to literature is that it's getting over-simplified by this diet of simple political ideas.
Even today with the public's growing interest in food and diet issues, politicians rarely include food as part of their political platforms.
Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.
Congressional Republicans are dismantling the limited environmental protections initiated by Richard Nixon, who would be something of a dangerous radical in today's political scene.
True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology.
In Britain, the great hidden secret of talking animals and children's literature is how political it was in its bones, beneath the obvious cuteness.
No man is fit to be a Senator... unless he is willing to surrender his political life for great principle.
I've never been nostalgic, personally or politically - if the past was so great, how come it's history?
No great advance has been made in science, politics, or religion without controversy.
Depending on your political orientation, the Dixie Chicks are either the great defenders of free speech or American traitors.
The first rule of good theatre is 'Show, don't tell.' It applies to good political action as well.
It's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy.
Treating people fairly and with civility is not a bad thing... It would be good for our country if political leaders actually took that to heart.
If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.
