#political system

Big money is ruining the political system. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#money #political #political system #ruining #system

Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#duty #jury #jury duty #people #political

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed. ↗

— John Rawls

#constant #finance #function #money #paralyzed

In 'The General Strike,' we celebrate those who bring a new vision for the world to the table. People who stand for workers rights, human rights, a just representative political system, and a new mode of doing business where sustainability is the norm not the exception. ↗

— Justin Sane

#business #celebrate #doing #exception #general

Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#bracket #called #decade #imagine #into

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#anything #before #claims #else #enlightenment

I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on the way to success, to a real democracy here. ↗

— Paul Bremer

#democracy #extraordinary #few #here #i