#pol

In the U.S. I think there are really two reasons we should pursue energy policy. One is climate change, and the second is this notion that the oil market is cartel-ized by people, some of whom are friendly, some of whom are not, some of whom are in a more ambivalent position to us. ↗

— Brad Carson

#change #climate #climate change #energy #energy policy

There are philosophical issues involved in that about choosing the right discount rate, the value, the future, and things like that which drive it. But its start with the premise that global warming is real and if you're a denier of that fact, then you're not going to find climate change mitigation policies to have particular appeal. ↗

— Brad Carson

#appeal #change #choosing #climate #climate change

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#best way #cards #enough #face #lay

The politician is an acrobat. He keeps his balance by saying the opposite of what he does. ↗

— Maurice Barres

#does #his #keeps #opposite #politician

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#afraid #future #men #narrow #republicans

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#american politics #dirty #part #politics #something

For me, comedy should have a certain amount of joy in it. It should be about attacking the powerful - the politicians, the Trumps, the blowhards - going after them. We shouldn't be attacking the vulnerable. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#after #amount #attacking #certain #comedy

Abortion on demand, throughout the full nine months of a pregnancy, for virtually any reason, became public policy in the United States of America. No other developed democracy had, or has, such a permissive abortion regime. ↗

— Robert Casey

#america #any #became #demand #democracy

The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the point where they assumed an optional character. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#both #character #civil #concerning #considerably

The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and appeal to the agencies enforcing the Covenant concerned with civil and political rights. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#agencies #appeal #broadening #civil #compensation