My political stand is beyond my family.

I suffered years of criticism. But there was a point in my life where I had to stand up and say: 'I don't care…

— Rita Marley

Have you ever taken a serious political stand on anything? Yeah. Sure. For twenty-four hours once I refused to eat grapes.

— Woody Allen

“[W]hen injustice, robbery, and inequity are not just individual but institutional, it's time to take a political stand.”

— Alisa Harris

We should be able to be ourselves. Make a political stand if you want to

— Loretta Swit

The DMK and the Communists may have the habit of lying, but I don't come from a family that lies.

— Tamilisai Soundararajan

I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.

— Joseph Stiglitz

In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that…

— P. J. O'Rourke

My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring…

— Grace Jones

Beyond providing some level of scrutiny of Kenyan MPs, we built Mzalendo to demonstrate that there is only so much bemoaning you can do…

— Ory Okolloh

Ranked Choice Voting is simple, empowers voters, and rewards candidates who broaden support beyond their base.

— Dean Phillips

I can tell you beyond any doubt, that my lady is able to control herself and stick to her values regardless of circumstance. Just…

— Steven Crowder

My sister-in-law works for a group that supports orphanages in Cairo. She and her colleagues take care of children left behind by circumstances beyond…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

If our species is to survive, our future will probably require outposts beyond our own planet.

— Lawrence M. Krauss

A monkey is unaware that atoms exist. Likewise, our brainpower may not stretch to the deepest aspects of reality. The bedrock nature of space…

— Martin Rees

The difficulty with poetry is that it doesn't have the life that Shakespeare or Jane Austen have beyond the page. You can't make a…

— Simon Schama