Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for their party (via partisan gerrymanders). ”

Responsibility for overseeing the implementation of election law typically resides with partisan officials, many with public stakes in the election outcome. ”

No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life. ”

The public is a bad guesser. ”

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between. ”

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality. ”

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. ”

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good. ”

I had a series of mini-breakdowns where the public persona - this thing, this face, this person who writes this music... I would walk past that person in the mirror or listen to that person playing guitar and I didn't know who they were. ”

My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art. ”