#pol

I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as slightly more seasoned. I became quite cynical talking to my student friends. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#cynical #felt #friends #had #i

The American people have a right to except that the rule of law will guarantee that even if we don't like the policy, that it's done properly. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#american people #done #even #except #guarantee

The American people have a right to know on the rare occasions in which their money is used to invest in private operations, if you will, take bets on capitalism, that is very well vetted, very well thought out and without political interference. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#american people #bets #capitalism #interference #invest

Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ↗

— Joichi Ito

#cash #check #companies #consolidation #continuing

I agree that it is not just the extremists who harbor bad thoughts or engage in bad acts, but they are usually the source of the polarization and try to keep education and communication of the main stream from moving forward. ↗

— Joichi Ito

#agree #bad #communication #education #engage

I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone. ↗

— Joichi Ito

#alone #barriers #break #break up #created

You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#ignore #like #matter #much #politics

Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#ever #finest #form #free #good

I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#funnier #i #never #politics #saw

I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results. ↗

— LL Cool J

#beef #could #focus #i #i think