Quotes about "Politics & Government"

As the nation's elderly population grows, dozens of industries have tried to harness the political might of older Americans for corporate goals. ”

For years, many public health campaigns that aimed at changing habits have been failures. ”

Public employee unions, in their defense, say politicians have unfairly made them into simplistic bogeymen, responsible for problems that have myriad causes. Not all government workers receive generous pensions, they note. ”

Public employee unions are hardly the only group involved in bare-knuckles politics. Businesses lobby fiercely, and executives make hefty campaign donations. ”

Calling out people for not voting, what experts term 'public shaming,' can prod someone to cast a ballot. ”

In 1980, a woman promised her dying sister to change how Americans thought about breast cancer. Thirty years later, the result - the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation - is one of the nation's largest non-profits, and one of the most successful triumphs in public health marketing and changing health habits. ”

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments. ”

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so. ”

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. ”

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact. ”