Quotes about "Politics & Government"

I love looking at the old Bond films. Maybe it's purely out of reminiscence, the nostalgic things you think about. But there were some very good films made, and I think that the public has enjoyed them, too. ”

I am not wrong in the belief that its public funds are more secure than those of all the European powers. ”

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal. ”

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser. ”

One of the strongest and most persistent elements in national development has been that inheritance of political traditions and usages which the new settlers brought with them. ”

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. This is why most appeals against violent means usually fall on deaf ears. ”

There are people with an explicit political bent complaining about people having political agendas while nominating stories with political agendas. Is it political to try to be diverse? Is it political to try to imagine a non-heteronormative society? Yes, because it involves politics. But how do they expect us to not write about our lives? ”

I'm a wishy-washy 'Guardian' reader, but the last thing I want to do is force a political agenda down people's throats. It's not central to my work, unlike, say, China Mieville, who's very politicised. ”

My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate. ”

I will continue to help the political causes I believe in in any way I can. ”