Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Even though there's an entertainment value to the film, I think it's very important because you can't really separate the impact of that political message from it. It's rare that you get films like that I think; that really have an important message and are also entertaining. ”

When I was younger, I wanted to be a cop. Then I watched 'The Wild Wild West,' and so I wanted to be in the Secret Service like James West. At some point I realized, 'That guy is not in the Secret Service. He's an actor.' That sounds like a good idea too. ”

The government may change faces from time to time, but it's not like we fight wars for democracy - we fight wars for capitalism and for oil. ”

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership. ”

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service to himself and to the world. ”

My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together. ”

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles. ”

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. ”

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign. ”

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. ”