Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue. ”

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. ”

The important thing is that government gives the security services the tools that are necessary to keep us safe. ”

The men and women of our emergency services are the very best of us. ”

Famines are political. We all know that the immediate response to a famine must be food, aid, and shelter, but we should also look hard at what else can be done earlier on. It is not the lack of food but the fact that some people cannot get access to the food that causes the famine. ”

Encryption plays a fundamental role in protecting us all online. It is key to growing the digital economy and delivering public services online. But, like many powerful technologies, encrypted services are used and abused by a small minority of people. ”

What is clear is that stalking can happen to anyone. Doctors are targeted by patients, people in the public eye are watched by obsessed fans, and ex-wives are followed by former husbands. ”

The public must have confidence in our ability to control immigration - in terms of type and volume - from within the E.U. That is why, once we have left the E.U., this government will apply its own immigration rules and requirements that will meet the needs of U.K. businesses, but also of wider society. ”

I worked at Ikea as a customer service rep for two years and loved it. ”

I was on an army show, and in the army - especially in Korean culture - there's a very, very strict hierarchy. Obviously, you would not talk informally or disrespectfully to your commanding officer. But me, in my limited Korean, I basically told my commanding officer, 'Thou shalt forget!' The Korean public thought it was really funny. ”