Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Bad leadership during the past years has cast on our Party the shadow of great and grave burdens. ”

I don't believe that there's such a thing as objectivity in much of journalism, but I think there is a serious effort to and a regard for facts and into taking that stuff seriously is very important to the public discourse and it's very important to democracy. ”

When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social end of things which hinges on the political, but it isn't really part of it. ”

I was born into public service. ”

I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service. ”

Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories. ”

I've been fooling the public for years and I'm really good at it. ”

The principle that a central bank, charged with controlling inflation, should be independent from the government is unassailable. It may also be true that it's easier for the central bank to guard its independence from political pressure when it mainly holds government securities. ”

The Federal Reserve ranks among the most transparent central banks. We publish a summary of our balance sheet every week. Our financial statements are audited annually by an outside auditor and made public. Every security we hold is listed on the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. ”

I think lawyers who engage in pro bono service to protect those who cannot help themselves are truly the heroes and the heroines of the legal profession. ”