Quotes about "Politics & Government"

In some ways, political decency is a sign of a healthy democracy, but in other ways, it is the cause of it. ”

The American people need to know if public servants are operating in the best interests of the United States or the Kremlin. ”

Before I was elected to Congress, I helped to create the public corruption unit in the office of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Unfortunately, business was good. Among the usual suspects were government contracts steered to insiders - leaving Illinois taxpayers holding the bag. ”

There is too much blind partisanship in Congress, which has blocked progress on critical issues. Too many members view compromise as weakness rather than the essence of our democracy. This has to end. ”

We are all enormously indebted to the National Science Foundation of the United States and the American public for steady support over close to 50 years. ”

Being in the public eye, there will always be negatives. Those dark aspects will always be there and, so too, those things that will try and tear you down, but I have made the choice not to engage with them. I'm not going to let them affect me or destroy me. ”

Victoria's Secret is a brand, not a socio-political movement. But at the same time, there is that one-dimensional look. ”

People looked up to us for our values and leadership. But today, they laugh as we are busy debating whether one of the seven wonders of the world, the Taj Mahal, was actually built by Indians. ”

What I saw when I was a child was my father who was a pilot, and because of circumstances was thrown into the political system, and all I saw when was small after my grandmother died was my father in constant - constant combat with the system in India, and then I saw him die, actually. ”

Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes. ”