Quotes of: Political-issues Keyword

No partisan political activity transpired in my office during the recount period.

Katherine Harris

The shortcomings of America's political leaders do not stop at our borders.

Ralph Nader

I'm very much a humanist. I'm very much pro-choice. I'm very much politically correct.

Sandra Bernhard

Judges are appointed often through the political process.

Stephen Breyer

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

Fareed Zakaria

My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States.

Emanuel Celler

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.

Milton Friedman

I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech.

Teresa Heinz

America's political system has evolved over the last 50 years in ways that have enhanced the power of business lobbies.

Al Gore

I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early '70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire.

David Zucker

It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.

Barbara Kingsolver

I have a huge political interest. I just wish I had the courage to come into politics in India.

Shekhar Kapur

Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.

Milton Friedman

If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing.

Anselm Kiefer

Modern political science started in the late nineteenth century as a branch of history.

Jill Lepore

As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones.

Steven Pinker

I don't take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more.

Robert Carlyle

When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.

Paul Johnson

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

Andrew Jackson

Wall Street has too much wealth and political power.

Charlie Munger

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.

John Rawls