#politics

I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away, even if it wasn't responsible in terms of what our country needed right then. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#country #decided #dozen #even #i

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public. ↗

— George McGovern

#capacity #confidence #faith #intellectual #kind

I fundamentally believe that politics is counterintuitive. The left think they're helping working people by providing more rights, but all that actually happens is you create poverty and despair, because jobs go to your competitors who have fewer rights for workers. ↗

— Louise Mensch

#because #believe #competitors #create #despair

Thus, the focus on this main political goal must become more visible in EU politics and to achieve this, we need a political impulse. It must be clear what the priorities on the agenda are. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#agenda #become #clear #eu #focus

If he wants their labor, let them go to work, without regard to politics. ↗

— Charles E. Merrill

#labor #politics #regard #their #them

What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. ↗

— Estelle Morris

#again #back #because #change #changes

These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over. ↗

— Van Morrison

#became #days #get #long #long time

The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#cycle #deep #democracy #drop #elections

Politics is traditionally a male domain in Russia. Until now, women have only been accessories. Now, female protest groups are emerging - not because men came up with the idea, but through their own efforts. That's something new for Russia. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#because #been #came #domain #efforts

Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. It's not about stabbing each other in the back; it's about enabling people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#another #back #beautiful #collectively #community