Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Fact check: The examples of failed socialism that critics use are not socialist democracies but authoritarian states led by corrupt, ruthless, and paranoid dictators. ”

Voting is designed for old people. ”

The public makes it so that we have to keep assaulting each other. ”

When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled. ”

There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues. ”

The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life. ”

I like Public School and En Noir. ”

Obviously, I don't like to use my new celebrity status as a way to get first class service at a restaurant. For me, it's just more special to use it for good. ”

The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance. ”

The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate. ”