Quotes about "Politics & Government"

But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges. ”

The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems. ”

The papers reveal that in several key abortion cases, justices were keenly interested in the perceived public reaction to their rulings - indicating that courts can be influenced by public sentiment. ”

When you're paying everybody nothing, I mean, they have homes to pay for. And my movies are like putting on theater. Nicole Kidman is at craft services, and John Cusack is moving furniture; there are no egos. The only ego is the story. ”

There are servers, and there are people that are served. There's something contradictory about that in a democracy, certainly. ”

We were hoping Obama would reclaim moral leadership for America. That failed. ”

Democracy is made up of three elements. One is whether the laws support pluralistic principles. The second is whether the people take advantage of these laws. The third element is whether the peoples' wallets are thick enough to benefit from this democracy. ”

I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy. ”

One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm. ”

If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice. ”