Quotes about "Politics & Government"

I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office. ”

Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. ”

It's a political and manipulative industry. Actors vie for the same roles, movies are snatched away. Have I ever been manipulated? Yes. But I haven't manipulated anyone because if you think from the heart, you cannot be calculative. I have spent nights crying. ”

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement. ”

The worst thing about our political system is that people debate; I wish our politicians were able to talk to each other rather than scream while trying to gain sound bites. ”

Canceling my landline phone account, cutting off service to my home for good, and rendering the telephones that had long sat on tables in every room as useless as my closeted bread machine, I took the final step in a lifelong attempt to free myself from the wires that tethered me. ”

Public figures will get public criticism, and they should be tolerant enough to take it. ”

Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism. ”

Public interest is a very unruly horse. ”

The genesis of Public Interest Litigation in listening to the voice of the voiceless and giving access to the poor, the marginalised, and the weak is a unique experiment to be lauded. ”