Quotes about "Politics & Government"

In college I studied '60s and '70s radicalism, student activism, forms of political violence, groups like the Weathermen, the Black Panthers, the Symbionese Liberation Army, the New Left. ”

I am not a vegetarian. I subscribe to my own mantra: eat less, move more, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, don't eat too much junk food, and enjoy what you eat. Or, to summarise: eat less, eat better, move more, and get political. ”

If I went into politics, it's because I grew up in a political atmosphere. ”

It makes no sense economically that public money goes to help foreign workers and migrants in a region where unemployment is higher than national average. ”

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections. ”

There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity. ”

My three years in politics was very instructive about the way in which the appetite for political power can destroy a human mind, destroy principles and values, and transform people into little monsters. ”

In 1975, I went to the Dominican Republic for eight months during the shooting of a film based on my novel 'Captain Pantoja and the Special Service.' It was during this period I heard and read about Trujillo. ”

Lead yourself whenever your boss' leadership deteriorates. When your boss doesn't praise what you do, praise yourself. When your boss doesn't make you big, make yourself big. Remember, if you have done your best, failure does not count. ”

I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership. ”