Able Quote by Joe Biden

One of the big changes in politics has been because families, individuals, have felt worried, insecure... worried about the economy, worried about their jobs,…

— Nick Clegg

There are many issues, as everyone knows, in the United States on which public opinion leans very much to the left of elite policy,…

— Norman Finkelstein

I don't pay attention to the 'marginalizers.' They simply don't have any impact anymore, on where we're headed or what the law is. I'm…

— Todd Haynes

I'm very concerned about the tone of politics in recent years. We've seen a decline in civility and bipartisanship, and a rapid increase in…

— Kyrsten Sinema

There's no question that in my lifetime, the contrast between what I called private affluence and public squalor has become very much greater. What…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

There's no question that public opinion is changing, and if you're a person of the left, your goal is presumably to try to mobilize…

— Norman Finkelstein

Policy changes like what you desire come from our politicians. So let them know what you think.

— Michelle Singletary

As with much of the world's problems, they become public--or much more of interest--the moment they begin to impact the West.

— Chris Abani

We've already seen, in practically every country around the world where these issues have been covered, that the general public has recoiled at the…

— Edward Snowden

You have to take risks on policy. You can't be a politician, wringing your hands, worried about what the public opinion polls are saying…

— Scott Pelley

“On the question of the machinery of government, we have seen that a good deal of our trouble seems to have stemmed from the…

— George F. Kennan

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.

— Abraham Lincoln