In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.
In honor of Surgeon General Koop's legacy, we should ensure that the position of surgeon general is protected from political interference, funded appropriately and nominated from the ranks of career public health professionals who merit consideration...
Other people can write grown-up, political plays about the troubles in the world. My plays deal with magic and hope.
I hope that just what I sing about and how I relate to my audience is as much of a political statement as I need to make.
For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.
Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.
A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
What I'm passionate about is History, and politics interest me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History in the present.
From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history.
Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach, of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders, particularly the president.
A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents.
There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.
In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change.
It appears that President Obama is making great progress on climate change, he is changing the political climate in the country back to Republican.
I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.
You've gotta be very careful that grace and politeness do not merge into a banality of behavior, where we're just nice, sort of 'death by cupcake.'
No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.
America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams.
Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress env...
We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas.
The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized.
