- 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.
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- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love being in the archives, traveling, sitting in dusty places and looking at books with brittle pages. I love reading biographies and researching, to make myself informed about whatever political or historical time I'm writing about. From there, a lot of the emotional truths about my characters emerge.
- Branded
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- Nov 07, 2020
A narrative that branded Africa as little more than an economic, political and social basket case was not likely to provide the investment needed to drive development.
- Management
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- Nov 07, 2020
Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance to human beings is ancient.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sure, things could always have been done better, but I just wish people would drop their political hammers for a few weeks, as happened in 2001, and work on the problem at hand.
- Corruption
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- Nov 07, 2020
Political corruption is endemic all over this country, in some places worse than others, right? On crime, you have all the major American cities where the crime rates at different points in their histories, have spiked dramatically.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish.
- Effective Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no more effective way to radicalize American Muslim youth than for political leaders to make public displays of prejudice against all Muslims. Suspicion will undermine their sense of identification with America and alienate some from both the culture and from politics.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love political cartoons from the 19th century, and whenever I complete a piece of acting work that I'm particularly proud of, be it a film or play, I treat myself to a picture by caricaturist James Gillray.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly my parents were very political, so the whole Berlin Wall thing - and being a kid of the '80s - that's just something that's in your experience.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Real political will for change is achieved when the risks associated with the necessary political and structural changes are articulated at the planning stages, the key stakeholders acknowledge and accept those changes, and all stakeholders participate in the relevant processes.
- Election
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the remarkable things about Donald Trump is that he didn't just beat the Progressive establishment - he also beat the Conservative establishment. Two political tribes that dominated Washington for half a century were defeated in the space of one election campaign.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Political correctness never rears its ugly head independently. It always shows up as a series of actions designed, to this observer, to crush the souls of those blessed with common sense.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The alt-right believes that Western culture is currently imperiled and that the elites on both sides of the political divide are not doing enough to protect it. In that analysis, I think they're right.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020