#political

Of course, running a coalition government in a country like India is a difficult task. More so when Congress leads the coalition, since most of the political parties were anti-Congress. To have a coalition, to run a coalition government, you require a lot of adjustments, a lot of flexibility. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#congress #country #course #difficult #difficult task

You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#causes #country #great #political #political capital

Political correctness has become a straightjacket. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#correctness #political #political correctness

How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#born #cannot #circumstances #differences #emotional

There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities of life and believe that a change of the political and economic system will make them available. World peace must be based on world plenty. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#based #believe #change #economic #economic system

And judging what is appropriate or not appropriate for a country, I think it is important in particular in judging what is the appropriate economic policy framework, one should take into account the overall political environment and the institutional framework within which economic policy operates. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#appropriate #country #economic #economic policy #environment

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom. ↗

— Olof Palme

#dignity #freedom #human #human dignity #political

I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#amazing #america #because #conversation #defending

For us political activists and candidates, the morning after any election is a mix of emotions - the personal and the immediate, the culmination of your own recent campaigning efforts; and the fortunes of your party and the success or otherwise of what you stand for and believe in. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#after #any #believe #campaigning #candidates

Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi government to build their own political, financial and military support, and the faith of Iraqi citizens in their new government has been severely undermined. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#been #build #citizens #faith #financial