#political reasons

Unfortunately, the reality was that, for political reasons or whatever, there was a need to enforce antidiscrimination laws, or at least there was a perceived need to do that. ↗

— Clarence Thomas

#laws #least #need #perceived #political

When men are arrested without any legal basis and for political reasons, it's merely a routine, everyday occurrence in Russia, and hardly anyone has any sympathy. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#anyone #arrested #basis #everyday #hardly

Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#believe #cater #congress #controlled #democrats

My exile was not only a physical one, motivated exclusively by political reasons; it was also a moral, social, ideological and sexual exile. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#exclusively #exile #ideological #moral #motivated

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic. ↗

— A. J. P. Taylor

#economic #given #matter #political #political reasons

When I make a film, I'm not doing it purely for political reasons. If I just wanted to do that, I'd run for office. ↗

— Michael Moore

#film #i #just #make #office

Beginning with the stimulus, Obama has repeatedly inserted the government into the free market for political reasons - and with disastrous results. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#disastrous #free #free market #government #inserted