Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Here's what I know about political campaigns: no matter what you map out at the beginning, it's always different at the end. ”

And I think what people in New Jersey have gotten to know about me over the last decade that I've been in public life is what you see is what you get. And I'm no different when I'm sitting with you than I am when I'm at home or anyplace else. ”

The truth was you can't continue to spend the kind of money our spending on all these entitlement programs. I think we need more people in public life who are willing to say, no, we can't afford certain things. No, we can't do certain things. ”

Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help. ”

The papers feed the public interest but then the public interest demands more in the press and speculation can look like fact. ”

I've become very interested in the spectrum of political discourse as seen on the cable news channels that are conveniently right in a row on my cable provider's dial. I can flip from Fox to CNN to HLN to MSNBC, and I find myself at night flipping it back and forth through them, and it's something of an addiction. ”

I'm a big fan of Barack Obama. I think he carries a heavier burden and is held to a greater and higher standard than other candidates : I think there's a large, large portion of this country that feels disenfranchised and marginalized by the political process. ”

Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues. ”

As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors. ”

I was born in Beijing and raised in England and America. I studied political science in college and film in graduate school in New York. ”