Quotes about "Politics & Government"

If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's no support for it in the Supreme Court and there's no support for it in public opinion. ”

There is no way the American public will sit still for the banning of or putting any significant restrictions on the kinds of guns they want. ”

In terms of other functions, we are making a mistake about insisting on a public school monopoly. ”

In the long run, the public interest depends on private virtue. ”

Playing Mark Antony in 'Rome' will always be a favourite of mine because he was such an outrageously big and interesting character to play. Also, the fact that we were able, with that character, to find out and present the public with a biography of that man that had not been really seen before. ”

A man does not automatically become a public figure because he happens to build an empire out of chicken fat. ”

We vote - if the public votes 50 percent, we vote 70 percent. So we have a bigger impact with our numbers, and the organization and the manpower we can bring to a race. ”

Congress has turned its back on America's working families. There are Teamster families in every congressional district in America, and those families vote. Those who would oppose these families have done so at their own political peril. ”

We must have more union members in this country to fight the political and business forces that are undermining workers in this country. The AFL-CIO has chosen the opposite approach by planning to throw even more money at politicians. ”

The Brexit vote, the presidential elections in the U.S., a number of the other regional political movements - that's not a flash in the pan. ”