Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Standing in public in other people's clothes, pretending to be someone else. It's a strange way for a grown man to make a living. ”

During the early 1990s, Mexico's domestic political sensitivities meant that it rarely extradited people who had committed crimes in the U.S. After NAFTA, extradition numbers began to increase until they surpassed 100 a year in the late 2000s. ”

I might have to stumble a little bit more in public than others, but that's fine, I don't mind, I've developed a thick skin. ”

A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering this base service, but giving their clients spiritual help. It's almost like being an actor, playing a different part for each trick. ”

By providing outstanding economic leadership, this country can wage its attack successfully - and can thereby build the foundations of a peaceful world. ”

I had gone to law school thinking that I would do something in the service of black people. ”

In terms of addressing crime issues in the black community, the dominant political class has historically refused to endorse the full slate of reforms along lines of education, economic security, housing, etc, necessary to address the root causes. ”

Writing for the page is only one form of writing for the eye. Wherever solemn inscriptions are put up in public places, there is a sense that the site and the occasion demand a form of writing which goes beyond plain informative prose. Each word is so valued that the letters forming it are seen as objects of solemn beauty. ”

All sacrifices of common sense, and all recourse to plausible political combinations, whether of individuals or of men, are uniformly made at the expense of the majority. ”

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion. ”