Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial. 2.12K
Since the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland wants to remain a part of Great Britain, and since Ireland itself has shown little interest in reunification, the IRA’s prospects for success through political channels have always been limited. 654
For us political activists and candidates, the morning after any election is a mix of emotions – the personal and the immediate, the culmination of your own recent campaigning efforts; and the fortunes of your party and the success or otherwise of what you stand for and believe in. 2.31K
If greater openness is a key to economic success, I believe there is increasingly a need for openness in the political sphere as well. 557
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics. 2.5K
A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both. 619
What’s different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. It’s all part of the suffocating spin cycle we’re in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base. 574
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much. 585
In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience. 806
It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions. 593
If his presidency is to represent the full power of the idea that black Americans are just like everyone else – fully human and fully capable of intellect, courage and patriotism – then Barack Obama has to be subject to the same rough and tumble of political criticism experienced by his predecessors. 2.31K
Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn’t show some political courage, he may well be remembered as the president who cooked the planet. 605
Washington’s answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The ‘fiscal cliff’ process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation’s so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt. 1.69K
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. 580
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. 658
King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner. 1.97K
The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself. 616
There is probably a perverse pride in my administration… that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion. 626
I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something. 612
Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty. 1.8K
