Quotes about "Politics & Government"

District attorneys are often some of the finest public servants. However, the system in which they operate to investigate cases of police misconduct leaves a huge window for unintended bias. ”

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service. ”

It's still a political statement to stand on stage as a person of color and be excellent. We still need those images to combat the narrative we're often fed - as someone innately inferior or inexorably linked with lack. ”

By the same token, I think news has more and more of a pro bono aspect to all the networks. When we do our election coverages throughout this coming year, it's not a money-maker for us. It is more of a public service situation. ”

I never try to predict what will happen to any project, ever. There are so many factors. Does the public like the subject matter, the way you handle it? ”

I don't know of anybody's political bias at CBS News. We try very hard to get any opinion that we have out of our stories, and most of our stories are balanced. ”

I've never believed in cheapening music by going according to what some people think is public taste. ”

Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience. ”

I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed compliments. But if you get a lot of compliments, you don't need a critic to tell you, 'This should be done another way.' ”

Our arguments - and those of hundreds more Venezuelans suffering the same injustice - are clear and forceful: political disqualification violates laws in Venezuela and throughout the continent. ”