Quotes about "Politics & Government"

When you look at a Congress that has an 84 percent disapproval rating, that means that for the most part, the people of this country, and certainly California, are looking for new leadership. ”

I don't care what the political establishment says, Republican, Democrat - I'm a problem solver. ”

My two careers have been very service-oriented. ”

Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed. ”

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits. ”

The problem is there is no such thing as a viable democracy made up of experts, zealots, politicians and spectators. ”

The values and voices of democracy are silent. Either we have lost touch with those values or, no better, believe they need not or cannot be taught. ”

I'd love to play a rock star in a movie, but for now, I'm not performing in public. ”

I wanted to be a political science professor and go to school in Boston. I never wanted to be a big, famous movie star and TV star. It kind of found me. ”

My parents divorced when I was born, and my mother is a political science professor, like a feminist Mormon, which is sort of an oxymoron. ”