Quotes about "Politics & Government"

I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen. ”

Public money should be spent on art but through individuals not committees. ”

At a purely practical level, history is important because it provides the basic skills needed for students to go further in sociology, politics, international relations and economics. History is also an ideal discipline for almost all careers in the law, the civil service and the private sector. ”

There are certainly delays in this year's agreed program, and we must quickly catch up. Let's not kid ourselves, there is still big waste in the public sector, and it must stop. ”

My kids and I are spending time together. And we're enjoying that. Family is important; I was gone a lot in the 20 years of public service. ”

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office. ”

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance. ”

An intellectual is going to have doubts, for example, about a fundamentalist religious doctrine that admits no doubt, about an imposed political system that allows no doubt, about a perfect aesthetic that has no room for doubt. ”

The fact that evil exists in the world bothers me. I think that people do terrible things for ideological or political reasons. I think that evil stems from ideology. People are taught to hate. ”

There are two types of stories: public and private. ”