Quotes about "Politics & Government"

We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions, conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty, than any of which the history of former times tells us. ”

Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States - old as well as new - North as well as South. ”

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ”

I like analyzing and managing large-scale transaction processing platforms, record-keeping administration, and brokerage trading services. ”

There's no one on this earth taken less seriously in a leadership context than a young woman - everything is against you. ”

We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male. ”

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve? ”

Journalism and the news has become not only a means to debate but also to judge and deconstruct celebrity, the news story, and the emotional lives of political people. ”

In the Indian film industry, especially those of us who are in mainstream cinema, we invariably play a typical hero's role. More often than not, we cater to the public perception. However, there is a latent desire in most actors to do a role where you can go all out and experiment. ”

We need to learn to work with political systems that are not perfect instead of taking the view: let's first fix the politics, then we'll fix the rest. ”