Quotes about "Politics & Government"

I didn't grow up thinking to myself, 'Someday, if I play all my cards right, I can end up in a public institution with a lower approval rating than attorneys.' ”

I'm lucky that, despite all the bad press I've had over the years, the public still seems to like me. ”

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. ”

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. ”

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes. ”

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ”

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself. ”

If a woman can, by careful selection of a father and nourishment of herself, produce a citizen with efficient senses, sound organs and a good digestion, she should clearly be secured a sufficient reward for that natural service to make her willing to undertake and repeat it. ”

The public is wiser than the wisest critic. ”

Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa. ”