Bits Quote by John O. Brennan

I think the system is broken; most people think that it's broken. And we think that what we're going to do is invigorate the…

— Hamilton Jordan

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve…

— Barbara Jordan

My thesis is that government is not, in fact, broken. It's just listening to the wrong people, and it's listening to all of this…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Increasingly, the state system has been eroding. Terrorists have exploited this weakness by burrowing into the state system in order to attack it.

— George P. Shultz

The world we live in takes a multifaceted approach. To the American taxpayer: We need to be investing in improving people's lives before the…

— Lindsey Graham

In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not…

— Hillary Clinton

The only tool we have to fix the problems of this country - the democratic process - is itself broken. Which is why nothing…

— Arianna Huffington

Eventually, understanding the motivations of the terrorists and dealing with the injustices that pervade our society, and repairing the institutions of justice, particularly the…

— Prashant Bhushan

As the war on terrorism spreads and prolongs, the fruits of ending the threat of terrorism around the world will be tempered with a…

— Charles Bass

The concept of the terrorists is to plunge our country into division.

— Francois Hollande

Even simple fixes can bring the whole system down.

— Ellen Ullman

We need to stop hoping that our systems will right themselves. We need to actually take the reins of government and fix our institutions.…

— Chelsea Manning