Quotes about "Politics & Government"

I think the failures of Republican governance led to a distrust of Republican elites, which is fair enough. ”

The idea that democracies could be vulnerable to demagogues is not a new notion. ”

Reagan was the most important American political figure of the latter half of the 20th century. No one was more central to his emergence and success than Bill Buckley. ”

Power tends to corrupt - so we should, in both the public and the private spheres, be on guard against, and erect sturdy guardrails against, the corruptions of power. ”

Romney has to convince the American public that they need to do something they're not usually inclined to do - replace a sitting president with a challenger. And unlike in 1980 and 1992, when the public was persuaded to do just that, the incumbent president has not been weakened by a primary opponent. ”

There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it was under F.D.R., a fighting faith, unapologetically patriotic and strong in the defense of liberty? That would be a service to our country. ”

First impressions matter. Most people don't change their political views radically from the ones they first hold. ”

I think there's been a decline in the public's access to what's being done with their tax dollars, what's being done in their name. I hope that that will be repaired. ”

Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want. ”

My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process. ”