Quotes about "Politics & Government"

When we are asked to bail out corporations and banks, or pass tax bills that shift billions in public dollars out of government, we must ask ourselves, who were we truly sent here to advocate for? ”

We continue to see our elected officials working extra hard to create a 'good climate for business' that leads to disinvestment in public infrastructure and tax incentives to the detriment of cities, while enriching private business and further entrenching poverty. And our cities are told by legislators to use their bootstraps to survive. ”

When we shift our public dollars away from our schools and city services and into company developments, it increases the root causes of poverty: unemployment, underemployment, lack of community resources, and lack of quality public education. ”

Control the public's perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent. ”

You know, I definitely have an inclination to work in the public sector. ”

I hope that with the success of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model. ”

I believe democracy will succeed in Tunisia, but I also believe that it will succeed in the other Arab Spring countries. ”

That's part of being a real citizen: always questioning your leadership, not only about what it is doing in your own country, but what it is doing elsewhere. Because it is connected. ”

I never considered myself as somebody in exile because, different to my father who, yes, was in exile because he left Haiti as an adult, for me it was just to be somewhere else. I carried Haiti with me everywhere, but I also carried, you know, my youth in a public school in Brooklyn. It's part of who I am as well. ”

A black character is much more than just a black character; he's a character, period. So show the world as it is. Even with all your artistic license, you make a political choice. ”