#political reasons

Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#believe #cater #congress #controlled #democrats

I claimed identity as Jewish musicians for political reasons, because most of us were touring in Germany and, at this time, twelve years ago, there was a strong resurgence of Nazism in the places we were touring and part of that was on the music scene. ↗

— Marc Ribot

#because #claimed #germany #i #identity

My exile was not only a physical one, motivated exclusively by political reasons; it was also a moral, social, ideological and sexual exile. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#exclusively #exile #ideological #moral #motivated

I don't believe any person looking for work is fearful of political judgment. Government is a large institution, and if they believe that people are going to get rid of good employees for political reasons, that's absurd. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#any #believe #employees #fearful #get

The whole thing was done for internal political reasons to galvanize and unify the country against the Americans, and if they hadn't had that immediate opportunity they would have found another one. ↗

— Lloyd Cutler

#another #country #done #found #had

I've worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I don't want to turn someone away from this information for partisan political reasons. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#book #communication #hard #i #information

There have been players with Indian heritage, but there hasn't been a Native-American professional basketball player who became a regular for all sorts of social and political reasons. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#basketball #basketball player #became #been #hasn

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic. ↗

— A. J. P. Taylor

#economic #given #matter #political #political reasons

When I make a film, I'm not doing it purely for political reasons. If I just wanted to do that, I'd run for office. ↗

— Michael Moore

#film #i #just #make #office

Most people who came here came for economic reasons or sometimes for religious or political reasons. I didn't have any of this. I came here, I liked it, I stayed. So I'm a pure American - even more than people who are born here - because I did it by choice as an adult. ↗

— Jacques Pepin

#american #any #because #born #came