Quotes about "Politics & Government"

I fought violently for the autonomy of architecture. It's a very passive, weak profession where people deliver a service. You want a blue door, you get a blue door. You want it to look neo-Spanish, you get neo-Spanish. Architecture with any authenticity represents resistance. Resistance is a good thing. ”

It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy and simultaneously have connections with the social and political world. ”

Large-scale public projects require the agreement of large numbers of people. ”

The enemies cannot destroy the king who has at his service the respect and friendship of the wise men who can find fault, disagree, and correct him. ”

Everyone pays lip service to this whole idea of doing more new plays, and nobody ever does it. ”

Part of the problem with producing contemporary political theater in America today is that many theaters don't have flexibility or resources, be it hiring a lot of actors or staging a work that might be tough for some audience and board members. ”

Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself. ”

And it is crucial of course that chief constables are able to make decisions within their budgets about how they deploy their police officers to the greatest effect to ensure that they're able to do the job that the public want them to do. ”

The key for members of the public is that they want criminals to be punished. They want them taken off the streets. They also want criminals who come out of prison to go straight. ”

Stop-and-search has the potential to cause immense resentment and honesty to the police, with all the implications that has for generating distrust and ending co-operation from the public, if it is not used fairly. ”