Quotes about "Politics & Government"

The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote. ”

The fact is that the diversity in this political class serves the same interest as diversity in any arena, which is it stirs the competitive pot. ”

We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation. ”

The first rule of good theatre is 'Show, don't tell.' It applies to good political action as well. ”

If President Trump were to say, 'I'm going to go to San Juan to see that nasty mayor,' I would receive him with open arms because democracy is larger than me. ”

Sometimes you have to shake the tree in order to make things happen. And if that has a political cost, I will take it, as long as it saves lives. ”

There are people who do everything for a calculative political motive. My only motive is a human motive. ”

I was the Kate Moss of my day, atypical of what the public wanted, which was Brigitte Bardot. I was always tall, skinny and angular. But now, society has bought 55 years of my marketing 'Carmen,' and I'm considered beautiful. I hope that empowers older women. ”

My parents sent me from Venezuela to the Convent of Our Lady, a boarding school in Hastings, which was horrible - like Harry Potter without the magic. Sometimes we went into town, and if we were caught chewing gum in our uniform, members of the public would take down our names and report us to the school. ”

Leadership is something I was born with. ”