Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. ”

The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy. ”

If life only has the meaning you bring to it, we have the opportunity to bring rich meaning to our lives by the service we do for others. ”

I am absolutely not saying that Milosevic might not be responsible for all sorts of atrocities, but I believe that what's been left out of public debate and the press is that there was a civil war going on there. ”

Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world. ”

There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre. ”

All I'm saying is that there are many different kinds of political theatre and many plays I greatly admire: 'Antigone,' 'Mother Courage,' 'All My Sons.' But, if I tackle a political theme, I have to do it in my own way. ”

Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice. ”

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set. ”

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs. ”