Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Democracy is more than a ballot box. ”

All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service. ”

The time is right for a political solution and the way is negotiations. ”

We do all, myself included, we tend to hold ourselves to pretty low standards. But when it comes to judging public figures or politicians or people we've never met, we tend to hold people to very high standards, and, if we held ourselves to those standards, we'd always fall short. ”

There are a lot of public figures who, before they take a stand on a issue, they talk about it with their publicist and they figure out how it's going to affect record sales. Life is really too short to worry about that sort of thing. ”

More often than not, whenever gossip has been written about me, the gossip is more interesting than the reality. I know some public figures hate gossip, but personally I like it because it makes my life sound more glamorous and interesting than it really is. ”

When public figures think they can open a business even though they've got no business experience, it's a bad idea. ”

It seems so antithetical to the teachings of Christ to proclaim your faith in public. I mean, of course you're not supposed to hide your light under a bushel. ”

There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ”

Mobile phones play a really wonderful role in enabling civil society. As well as empowering people economically and socially, they are a wonderful political tool. ”