#parties

A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno, it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know. ↗

— Lenny Bruce

#did #dunno #got #hand #i

Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services. ↗

— Bill Delahunt

#both #choice #cuts #drastic #education

Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#asked #between #campaign #candidates #choice

I like to go to parties where I know everyone. How are you going to have fun with people you don't know? ↗

— Mary-Kate Olsen

#everyone #fun #go #going #have fun

We decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers body and soul, and which want to put themselves over and above the whole nation. ↗

— Franz von Papen

#body #claim #decline #followers #nation

My biographer said that my parties reminded them of a vicarage tea party, with sex thrown in. ↗

— Cynthia Payne

#parties #party #reminded #said #sex

People were hanging out in these places, and just like at cocktail parties, they needed something to do together. I thought, 'How can we fit games into someone's life?' ↗

— Mark Pincus

#fit #games #hanging #how #i

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. ↗

— George Washington

#history #patriotism #political-parties #political-philosophy #politics

Too often in Washington special interests urge us to fight one another just because we belong to different parties. It is time for this to stop and for Washington to focus on what needs to be done. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#because #belong #different #done #fight

Regarding Syria, we already call for dialogue between Syria and all parties concerned, in order to avoid any kind of escalation in the region which may expose the whole area to chaos. ↗

— Ali A. Saleh

#any #area #avoid #between #call