#commentary

By making the government a combination of elected officials and citizen-backed initiatives and referenda, there can truly be a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. ↗

— Victoria Stoklasa

#government-corruption #inspirational #petitions #political #political-commentary

If you have the right to influence the laws that are made in your community, why not take the opportunity to do something good? ↗

— Victoria Stoklasa

#inspirational #law #laws #political #political-commentary

Have you ever found yourself saying, "There ought to be a law against this," or, "Somebody should do something"? Well, here’s the good news - you can be the one to do something. You can be the one to make the law. ↗

— Victoria Stoklasa MA

#government-corruption #inspirational #political #political-commentary #political-science

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing ↗

— Thucydides

#social-commentary #inspirational

We are all born to love people and use things. Unfortunately, we grow to love things and use people... ↗

— T. Rafael Cimino

#greed #inspirational #inspirational-quotes #political-commentary #political-philosophy

Under democracy one party always devotes it's chief energies to prove that the other party is unfit to rule-- and both commonly succeed, and are right. the United States has never developed an aristocracy really disinterested or an intelligentsia really intelligent.It's history is simply a record of vacillations between two gangs of frauds. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#politics-of-the-united-states #intelligence

Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal. ↗

— Bob Costas

#any #broadcast #called #commentary #good

Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now? ↗

— Douglas Adams

#humor #science-fiction #social-commentary #thumb #towel

I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#had #i #love #love songs #made

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary. ↗

— Shel Silverstein

#commentary #humor #less #more #reflect