We will give importance to performance while choosing officials. — H. D. Kumaraswamy Copy Share Image
Our crime was that we were beginning to live a new and contagious life-style without official authorization. — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
As taxpayers, we pay our elected officials to serve the people and protect our state and our interests. — Barbara Ann Radnofsky Copy Share Image
I've long believed that having multiple official languages makes it very hard to sustain a united polity. — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
Elected officials have always been held to a higher standard, as we should be. — Mike Coffman Copy Share Image
As public officials, we have a duty to protect all of our communities and our number one priority must be saving lives. — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
If my wisdom could get support from officials, I think society would move forward 20 years. — Chen Guangbiao Copy Share Image
If you want to kill the Syrian people, who's going to support us as a government, as officials? No one. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote. — George Jean Nathan Copy Share Image
Conservatives are driven and inspired by principles, not personalities. We therefore seek consistency with our elected officials. To the extent that they… — Chris McDaniel Copy Share Image
During the Gulf War, journalists used to challenge government news managers and insisted they wouldn't just accept the official version of events. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
I really, really, loved being an elected official. But I also love what I'm doing now. I thrive when I can fight… — Angela Alioto Copy Share Image
The business of funding digging journalists is important to encourage. It cannot be replaced by bloggers who don't have access to politicians,… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Winston County was a pocket of Republicans. Even in the depression days, when Democrats dominated Alabama, Winston County remained a Republican county… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
The public is tired of politicians professing certain beliefs and not acting on those beliefs. They want elected officials who have the… — Colonel Tom Parker Copy Share Image
It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being Who rules over… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If the benevolent ruler stays in power long enough, he eventually concludes that power and wisdom are the same thing. And as… — Ben Moreell Copy Share Image
The decision to rely heavily on high-altitude air power, target urban infrastructure and repeatedly attack heavily populated towns and villages has reflected… — Seumas Milne Copy Share Image
Brian Walker and David Salt have written a thoughtful and powerful book to help resource users and managers put resilience thinking into… — Elinor Ostrom Copy Share Image
Campaign finance and ethics reform only works if it curtails all special interest groups equally and does not carve out any exceptions… — Thomas Kean, Jr Copy Share Image
Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve. As an elected official,… — Hilda Solis Copy Share Image
The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
A code of ethics cannot be developed overnight by edict or official pronouncement. It is developed by years of practice and performance… — Silas L. Copeland Copy Share Image
What is different in capitalist civilization has been two things. First, the process of meritocracy has been proclaimed as an official virtue… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
Once I spoke about this subject among a group of English intellectuals. One of them was a professor on Roman Law at… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
There are just a host of problems born by the electronic age. Things we couldn't even conceive of. I was amused by… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The reality is if we sit back and allow a few officials behind closed doors to launch offensive attacks without any oversight… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“When the war (WWI) finally ended it was necessary for both sides to maintain, indeed even to inflate, the myth of sacrifice… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
In some cases, people are silent; they're being complacent. But we're also seeing people speak out against some of these raids, these… — Leila Fadel Copy Share Image
“The Nazi salute was performed by public officials in the USA from 1892 through 1942. The researcher Dr. Rex Curry asks 'What… — Micky Barnetti Copy Share Image
Most Americans living below the official poverty line own a car or truck - and government entitlement programs seldom provide cars and… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The biggest issue for me is whether large numbers of Americans can begin to think that government can actually help make the… — George Packer Copy Share Image
