Quotes about "Politics & Government"

We have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community to be governed. ”

I didn't grow up in public life. I lived with my mother in Boston, not in Washington, DC, so I was somewhat sheltered from that. ”

Gen Y is depicted as self-centred and apathetic when it comes to politics, but it doesn't help that we are largely overlooked. There have been policies to woo parents, pensioners and the sick, but the young do not appear to rank high on any political agenda. ”

The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It's not easy to be engaged in political debate when it is reduced to performers trying to outdo each other. Actions from leaders must mirror the values they claim to espouse. ”

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it. ”

When one nation is at war with another nation, the political machine does everything it can to vilify the people of the other nation, so it makes it easier to kill them. Which is understandable and it's happened this way throughout history. ”

I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service. ”

We steer clear of fringe political parties or minority groups. We're not trying to orchestrate a revolution. ”

There's no question that the marketing and advertising world is ahead of the political marketing the political communications world. ”

As a British person, I am unable to give strategic advice to political campaigns in the U.S. ”