Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates. ”

Even with good maps, there's no guarantee that the public will get the word about landslide hazards, or that state and local governments will take action to discourage or prevent building in dangerous areas. ”

State courts usually rule that correspondence between government officials, about government business, are public records, whether they use their government e-mail accounts or private ones. ”

Like most other states, Illinois has little regulation of the economic interests of legislators and relies on public disclosure to keep the lawmaking honest. ”

Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else. ”

As N.Y.C. Public Advocate, I released a report that showed that stop-and-frisks of African Americans in 2012 were barely half as likely to yield a weapon as those of white New Yorkers - and a third less likely to yield contraband. Despite this evidence, the vast majority of those stopped are young black and Latino men. ”

I think unionization is good public policy. I think when families secure their economic future, that's good for everyone. ”

I'm a horrible public speaker. ”

Ossie Davis was a man with great integrity, great honor and someone who I feel has done us all a great service just by being on the Earth. ”

Public speaking, for me, or speaking even in front of a handful of people is my greatest fear. ”