Quotes about "Politics & Government"

I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent. ”

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government. ”

Temperance is essential, if the services of men and women are to be employed to the best and most useful effect according, to the physical capacity and ability of each. Nothing less will assure a total effort. ”

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government. ”

Over the course of two terms, President Reagan revolutionized the Republican Party and changed the political atmosphere in a way still being felt today. ”

Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought. ”

The limited fictions used to sell the lives of public figures often form a cloudy chiaroscuro that covers their true humanity. ”

Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. ”

American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted. ”

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them. ”