Quotes about "Politics & Government"

I find it preferable not to have public opinions about anything. It's good for me to shut up. ”

My family was entirely political, all the time, on the left. The opposite of that is not to be political on the right. It's trying not to be - politics is not everything. There's life other than politics. Politics intrudes. ”

I really like Adam Curtis' 'Century of Self.' It's about how artists have failed the general public by being so exclusive, like being in an echo chamber. I was definitely more like that in my early twenties - my music was completely inaccessible. ”

I've always had service-industry jobs, because those were the easiest to quit or take time off from. ”

The American public should simply accept no distractions. In our democracy, it is our duty to hold our elected leaders accountable. We do it at the ballot box. ”

I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office. ”

I was born on June 3rd, 1929, in Graenichen in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, where I went to the public schools until the age of 16. ”

The immigration laws of the United States should not be used to buy and sell political favors. ”

Senator Gillibrand is good at saying things that sound nice but have little substance. I don't think we elect our public officials to avoid taking a stand or a difficult position on anything. ”

Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that the law as written. ”