#political

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up. ↗

— Bill Moyers

#benefits #corporate #cuts #democracy #direction

I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent 10 years in British prisons. In the evening, in our living room, the only subject we used to discuss was politics. So politics was not unfamiliar to me. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#come #congress #discuss #evening #family

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

I personally believe that those who are leaders with political power over the world will be forced some day, sooner or later, to give way to common sense and the will of the people. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#common #common sense #day #forced #give

I want to be an advocate for the people who don't have time to read the newspaper... or the money to make a political contribution. ↗

— Richard J. Codey

#contribution #for the people #i #make #money

We may have to have a geo-political regrouping or major geo-political changes. ↗

— John Keegan

#major #may #political changes

I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.' ↗

— Ralph Nader

#dad #father #i #me #need

I need to say how I feel.aIf you were a political person before, and you just happened into a movie, to stop being a political person makes no sense. I always laugh and say, 'Dudes, if I have to choose, I'm a political person first. I would never do another movie again and be completely happy.' I need to say how I feel. ↗

— Kathy Najimy

#always #another #before #being #choose

I've always seen my campaigns against corruption as political work of a purer form than what opposition leaders usually do. All they do is hold roundtables and release political statements, which is all well and good. But there are concrete things that need to get done in order to achieve the basic goal of every opposition politician. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#against #always #basic #campaigns #concrete