Quotes about "Politics & Government"

It's strange - there's a public persona of me that does nothing for me: the side of me where it's 'US Weekly,' where 12 cars sit outside my house because of who I married. That side never shuts off. I would like that to shut off sometimes, yes. ”

Give the public what they want. What you want is unimportant. ”

The public are not stupid. ”

I've dedicated my life to public service, and I feel it's still a noble profession. However, I also understand it's a contact sport. ”

Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre. ”

I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life. ”

Squabbling in public will eventually ruin football; there's no doubt it's hurting us already. Polls taken by Louis Harris - polls as valid as any political polls - indicate that very clearly. ”

All you've got to do is go back and look in the early 1900s and see what we had in Texas without public education and realize what it has done for the state. ”

No president can amend the past, and the public is tired of candidates who simply point fingers instead of offering their own solutions. They want a leader who will describe the threats as they are and rally the country behind a strategy to defeat them. ”

Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead. ”