All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature… — Enoch Powell Copy Share Image
If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political… — Michael Rostovtzeff Copy Share Image
A mentor long departed told me that the greatest gift in political life, in any life, is to view yourself objectively, at… — Hugh Carey Copy Share Image
“The presence of the other, which can be very threatening, becomes, in play, a delightful source of curiosity, and this curiosity contributes… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
I am a strong believer that modern political life must rediscover a sense for symbolism. We need to develop a kind of… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
If you're dealing with a powerful leader, you're inevitably going to have a dialogue with her political past. It was always my… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Political life is like this - elections go back and forth. Representative democracy can only be successful if one sits down and… — Helmut Kohl Copy Share Image
“Any government that presumes to direct how its people relate to ultimate truths either believes it is the only guide to those… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“His was the profession at that era in which intellectual ability displayed itself far more than in political life; for—leaving a higher… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“He was in a beastly hole. But decency demanded that he shouldn't act in panic. He had a mechanical, normal panic that… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
In this world which is losing faith in so called representative democracy, there are new developments in participatory democracy. These are very… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
The United States supports the reintegration of people who have fought with the Taliban into Afghan society provided they: one, renounce al… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time in my political life talking about why it matters to have women in the decision making,… — Jeanne Shaheen Copy Share Image
All over Europe the organs that represent dogmatic interests are in permanent opposition to the progressive tendencies around them, and are rapidly… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
A political conception covers the right to vote, the political virtues, and the good of political life, but it doesn't intend to… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
The almost erotic pleasure of spending money that others have earned and saved is one reason people put up with the tiresome… — George Will Copy Share Image
I believe the Democratic Party has got to be firmly on the side of working families, taking on the big money interests,… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
When my sister and I came along, my father's political life was completely over. He ran for president the year I was… — Anne Cox Chambers Copy Share Image
The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
The Soviet assumption that all other political life-forms and beliefs were inherently and immutably hostile was the simple and central cause of… — Robert Conquest Copy Share Image
For most of my political life I was not ecstatic but I was happy because I had huge confidence in the causes… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
American populism is no stranger to our political life. From the earliest anti-Federalists to William Jennings Bryan, Huey Long, and George Wallace,… — Rick Wilson Copy Share Image
And I've been incredibly lucky to have a long career in journalism that has given me a front-row seat to some of… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
I've known Al Franken for over 20 years. He is my friend. He was on the floor of the Senate announcing his… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
For generations, our political life was distorted by the influence of public officials whose foremost goal was to preserve the essence, if… — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
I have invested the best part of my adult political life in helping to try to build up this movement and I… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
If we may say that the Age of Andrew Jackson took political life out of the hands of aristocrats and turned it… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
“Whatever our religion and our private convictions, we are the collective inheritors of things both excellent and rare, and political life, for… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Education, work, and access to health care for all are key elements for development and the just distribution of goods, for the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If there is a bulwark against the BJP juggernaut, it can only be India's regional parties. But they too falter in the… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
To imagine secret societies and conspiracy is a way not to react to the social and political life. Because you say, "We… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Christians who have influence in political life must feel as individuals responsibility in front of their own faith. And the duty of… — Karl Lehmann Copy Share Image
It is an axiom of political life that you never raise expectations, whether in a political or military campaign, because your defeats… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
I know there are a lot of musicians and a lot of artists, and there are a lot of writers and other… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Obama dreams of a society without power relations, without the agonism that constitutes political life. Against such a position one might assert… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
We have seen a major decomposition of French political life, of the old political mainstream parties, and what we see now is… — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't even read bummer news stories about the environment because it makes me feel helpless to fix anything and reminds… — Rachel Dratch Copy Share Image
