Quotes about "Politics & Government"

The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles. ”

Whether one admired or was repulsed by the positions he took on matters foreign and domestic, it is undeniable that Reagan's ability to project anger was highly attractive to his most passionate supporters on the far right - and crucial to his political success. ”

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release. ”

My family wasn't particularly political. Mom and Dad voted, but that was the extent of their involvement. In fact, I ended up going to U.C. Davis because, to them, Berkeley was too radical. ”

India is the biggest democracy. We have the right to say what we want to say, and people have the right to protest. ”

I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party. ”

It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated. ”

I miss my friends in public school, but it's kind of a part of something that you have to give up. I'd rather perform than go to public school. ”

I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked. ”

I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which is limited to a kind of mediocrity that sponsors are just dying to have right now, and the public, for some reason, is unconsciously demanding. ”