#politics

If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America, I plead guilty. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#america #guilty #i #life #misgivings

By nominating Chuck Hagel to be his Defense secretary, President Obama is putting forward an aloof contrarian who doesn't suffer fools - a striving politician who considers himself above politics. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#aloof #chuck #considers #defense #fools

Acknowledging class was always difficult for 'New Democrats' - it was second-wave, it was divisive - but 2008 made retro politics cool again. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#again #always #class #cool #democrats

I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't. ↗

— James Stockdale

#conversation #had #haven #i #life

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#charge #desert #federal #federal government #government

No matter where I go - London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make people's lives better, not pull them apart. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#always #apart #beijing #beirut #better

Whenever you discuss politics, it is always better to use individual names rather then the term neocon. ↗

— David Frum

#better #discuss #individual #names #politics

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#act #democracy #dissent #faith

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical. ↗

— Margaret Fuller

#become #best #elevate #heart #honesty

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#allow #because #been #disperse #harvesting