Quotes about "Politics & Government"

People are really sick of seeing the winner not win and what the public thinks should happen. ”

A president can't go to every memorial service. ”

In 2001, President George W. Bush was condemned for politicizing science with his decision to limit federal funding for stem-cell research; in 2009 President Obama was praised for reversing it, even though his decision was arguably just as political. ”

As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton. ”

Barack Obama wants teacher service scholarships. ”

The battles after the wars are over can be the toughest; there's no longer the public interest that accompanies, for good and for ill, the start of combat. ”

Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting. ”

Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends, rain and pain mature into triumph or surrender. That's one reason the race-day crowds matter, the friends who come to cheer and stomp and flap their signs and push the runners on. ”

When you meet a veteran, thank them for their service. ”

A+E has always looked in places where others didn't want to look. There's a service in that. ”