Quotes about "Politics & Government"

The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it. ”

I was never a boy. I always was a girl in my heart, and although I was presented as a boy to the public, inside I was feminine. It was OK to be that because that's just who I was, and I can't change that. I was born that way. ”

There's this idea of America that some people have to win and some have to lose, so certain things are in place to make this happen. Some people have to be the next legislators and political elites, and some have to fill the prisons and work in McDonald's. That's how America works. It's a machine which needs people up top and people down low. ”

We have failed to live up to the expectations of the public. ”

A stronger focus on quality public policymaking and less distraction of personalities would be a sufficient and important contribution I can make. ”

We are all in this together. We want to have, I suppose, a single point of entry so that anyone coming near a disability service can get a very complete picture. Government needs to understand that picture, and we need to be able to offer somebody a one-stop shop. ”

I want to make sure we are presenting to the South Australian people a Government that is open and accountable. I want to make sure that we maintain public confidence in government at all levels. ”

I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions. ”

Whether you stay private or go public, after all is said and done, a CEO's job is to create lasting shareholder value. ”

YouTube began as a failed video-dating site. Twitter was a failed music service. In each case, the founders continued to try new concepts when their big ideas failed. They often worked around the clock to try to overcome their failure before all their capital was spent. Speed to fail gives a startup more runway to pivot and ultimately succeed. ”