- Nov 07, 2020
Political Quotes
Political life, criticized and examined from several sides.
This set includes one quote critical of a named judge's judicial philosophy, alongside more general observations about school boards serving as a training ground for political leadership. For satirical takes on politics, see Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do believe it is true that the people of India regard the prime minister as the most important political leader.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm political in the sense that there's much to be done, but I'm apolitical in the sense that I don't think there's a party that represents anything I believe in.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the U.S., much of Europe, and the U.K. shift toward the political right, the rhetoric grows more insular, defensive, and protective.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character?
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to change it. I'm not saying that everyone has to make a political statement, but we need to be more aware of what's happening and why.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I would like the sort of job where you can work away in obscurity to try and improve things, without being caught up in the political maelstrom.
- Derives
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some anti-Americanism derives simply from our being a colossus that bestrides the earth. But much anti-Americanism derives from the role U.S. political, economic and military power has played in denying such freedoms to others.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For Texas, a wise and prudent administration in the commencement of her national existence will be universally expected, imposing upon me the difficult and delicate task of setting in complete and successful operation a political body based upon principles so hazardously asserted and so gloriously maintained.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral.
- Abuse Of Power
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- Nov 07, 2020