#pol

My life had become a catastrophe. I had no idea how to turn it around. My band had broken up. I had almost lost my family. My whole life had devolved into a disaster. I believe that the police officer who stopped me at three a.m. that morning saved my life. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#around #band #become #believe #broken

The people who make policy decisions should damned well know what they are talking about before they make the decisions. There is nobody who is an expert on cloning who would be afraid after seeing Attack of the Clones. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

#afraid #after #attack #before #clones

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#deal #find #means #only #our

One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar's health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue. ↗

— Mary Antin

#close #command #congregation #czar #emperor

I don't know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#entertainment #i #know #mix #politics

Putting the budget ahead of the policy is the wrong way to do it. It's too often the way it's done in Washington. ↗

— Spencer Abraham

#budget #done #often #policy #putting

I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband. ↗

— Corazon Aquino

#husband #i #involved #know #like

I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#i #interest #involved #life #my life

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#beginning #cause #determined #existence #fact

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. ↗

— Aristotle

#class #classes #community #control #middle