Quotes about "Politics & Government"

I think, as a skater, I started out really strongly, and as I have grown in the public eye, I have had my rough seasons that most people don't get as much attention for. ”

I think being in the public eye has made me more determined than other people to show that I do belong at the top, and I believe I am one of the hardest-working people at the rink. I feel like I have always been that way, but sometimes I just get in my own way. ”

Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world. ”

My public persona is badly warped and bears little resemblance to the person those closest to me know. ”

I've spent my fortune, tarnished my public view and made myself the brunt of punch line after punch line. ”

Though pundits and politicians, weary of the story, are happy to omit facts about voting systems and their private contractors running our public elections, such omissions impair voters and democracy itself. ”

From casting to counting, our votes must be better protected in all voting systems. ”

Across the nation, the election protection movement attracts ordinary citizens who educate their neighbors about their voting systems and the private companies that built and run them. ”

And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout? ”

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition. ”