#political system

I don't think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as I pointed out earlier today, that they did invent our political system. ↗

— David R. Brower

#did #earlier #except #good #good records

The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable. You either decide to be part of that transition to do something different. Or you cling to old certainties. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#architecture #british #certainties #cling #completely

Yet, Puerto Rico's economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest - even though the island has been within the national borders, political system and customs territory of the U.S. for a century. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#been #borders #century #convergence #customs

It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#beginning #could #end #political #political system

A political race today, even a primary, is $150 million. The whole political system has become obscene in terms of the absurd amount of money that is required to compete. Just put it on ESPN and call it a sporting event. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#amount #become #call #compete #espn

The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#benefits #economy #for the people #generates #money

Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination. That is the ultimate aim. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#bent #domination #going #governments #i

Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#find #hole #into #money #plug

An intellectual is going to have doubts, for example, about a fundamentalist religious doctrine that admits no doubt, about an imposed political system that allows no doubt, about a perfect aesthetic that has no room for doubt. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#aesthetic #allows #doctrine #doubt #doubts

I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#avoid #china #confrontation #country #current