My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it.
Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services.
I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar.
Commitment to the rule of law provides a basic assurance that people can know what to expect whether what they do is popular or unpopular at the time.
Jonathan Mardukas: Why are you so unpopular with the Chicago police department?
Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?
President Lincoln chose to fight a bloody and unpopular war because he believed the enemy had to be defeated. He was right.
To be unpopular, you must look the part. Remember four words: plastic flowered swim cap.
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.
Leave it to a vampire to think a healthy guy in his late thirties or early forties was on his deathbed.
There's no such thing as good art or bad art. Art is popular or unpopular. What is banned in Boston may be bid on at Christie's.
A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular, freaky one than the one in the in-crowd.
Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.
To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path.
Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier.
The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.
The thing that's been inhibiting long-form investigative reporting is fear - fear of being sued, of being unpopular, of being criticized by very powerful groups.
I have been unable to live an uncommitted or suspended life. I have not hesitated to declare my affiliation with an extremely unpopular cause.
