#pol

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy. ↗

— Roger Nash Baldwin

#called #country #democracy #enough #enough people

I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good. ↗

— David Baldacci

#bad #bad people #flip #good #good people

In the lexicon of the political class, the word "sacrifice" means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it. ↗

— George Will

#class #even #income #mail #means

In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours. ↗

— Willie Brown

#hours #lie #politics #truth #unanswered

I don't care what political party is controlling China right now. All I know is we are all Chinese. ↗

— Alex Chiu

#china #chinese #controlling #i #know

The amount of U.S. debt held by countries such as China and Japan is at a historic high, with foreign investors holding half of America's publicly held debt. This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#america #american #american interests #amount #antithetical

But very often in politics we have the experience called up from my father when someone was trying to help him in the campaign: I can take care of my enemies, may the Good Lord save me from my friends. ↗

— Robert Foster Bennett

#campaign #care #experience #father #friends

It's not natural disasters that are to blame for the deprivation of the North Korean people, but the failed policies of Kim Jong Il. ↗

— John Bolton

#deprivation #disasters #failed #failed policies #kim

To go from politics to news, at least the subject matter is the same, even if the view is different. ↗

— Jerry Springer

#even #go #least #matter #news

I think video games are a great kind of entertainment. They have replaced a lot of games people normally play with their friends and neighbours, like Monopoly. ↗

— Uwe Boll

#friends #games #great #i #i think