Quotes about "Politics & Government"

The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer. ”

People always want an explanation about everything and I cannot give it to them. Because I don't know myself. 'Why did you do a pair of pants like that?' I have no idea. I'm not going to have a 20-minute political discussion about the necessity for slashed, painted leather jeans. Basically, I don't know more than you. ”

I come from a family of working people. My parents were Guatemalan immigrants who spent most of their lives in the service industry. ”

I have had so much public support. ”

Say what you will about Americans, but one thing they are not is passive. The Bush administration may have pushed through the Patriot Act weeks after 11 September, but, as the American public got to grips with how the law was affecting their individual rights, their protests grew loud and angry. ”

It seems appropriate that the author of '1984' was a British citizen. George Orwell must have seen how easily the great British public's lamb-like disposition toward its leaders could be exploited to create a police state. ”

Public relations is at best promotion or manipulation, at worst evasion and outright deception. What it is never about is a free flow of information. ”

Democracy isn't just for people in the Middle East, but Britons, too. ”

Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security. ”

Parliamentarians certainly know how to do bad public relations. ”