In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.
The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.
I bring a lot of passion to my life and my politics - I don't mind saying there is a very strong Latin component to it.
We're allowed to have had a private life before politics in which we make mistakes and do things we should not.
There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is much more work to do in the process of reforming the political economy and improving the quality of life of our people and communities.
We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.
The decline and fall of the modern religious right's notion of a Christian America creates a calmer political environment and, for many believers, may help open the way for a more theologically serious religious life.
I told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away.
The performance of international institutions will be symptomatic of the domestic political priorities of influential member states. International institutions don't really have a life and a mind of their own.
I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it.
I've thought hard about my psychological connections and I think I've managed to separate out the psychological from the legal, moral, and political.
I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.
I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.
If I'm the president, I will call in all the different political opinions to come together and to make one front to the benefit of Mexico.
Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest.
'Up in the Air' is not a political movie. It won't be mistaken for either a Michael Moore or Any Rand polemic on capitalism.
To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.
If Freddie Mac is unable to raise capital, it could spark a political and financial crisis.
If somebody's dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they're going to have to take what they get.
Bad as political fiction can be, there is always a politician prepared to make it look artistic by comparison.
In politics, our friends, those are our worst friends. (En politique, nos amis, - Ce sont là nos pires amis.)
