“What made Obama unique was that he was the ultimate charismatic politician - the most unknown stranger ever to achieve the presidency in the United States. No one knew who he was, he came out of nowhere, he had this incredible persona that floated him above the fray, destroyed Hillary, took over the Democratic Party and became president. This is truly unprecedented: A young unknown with no history, no paper trail, no well-known associates, self-created.” WellsMadeSelfStatesYoungPresidentUnitedPartyKnownUnited StatesAchievePoliticianPaperUniqueUltimateDemocraticIncrediblesStrangerDestroyedAssociatesPresidencyWell KnownTrailsDemocratic PartyPersonaUnprecedentedCharismaticFray Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Human interactions, stimulated as they are by disequilibrium, never achieve balance. In even the most favorable transaction, one party whether he realizes it or not must always come out the worse.” HumansRealizingPartyAchieveBalanceInteractionTransactionsDisequilibrium Book:Rhialto the Marvellous Source: Rhialto the Marvellous
“The main thing that every political campaign in the United States demonstrates is that the politicians of all parties, despite their superficial enmities, are really members of one great brotherhood. Their principal, and indeed their sole, object is to collar public office, with all the privileges and profits that go therewith. They achieve this collaring by buying votes with other people's money.” PeopleStatesPoliticalUnitedPartyUnited StatesAchieveObjectsPoliticianMembersOfficeVotePrivilegeProfitCampaignsDespiteBuyingBrotherhoodSolePrincipalSuperficialCollarsEnmityPublic OfficePolitical Campaign Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“The [National Socialist] Party...is convinced that our nation can achieve permanent health only from within on the basis of the principle: The common interest before self-interest.” SelfNationsInterestPartyCommonPrinciplesAchieveBasesConvincedPermanentSocialistSelf InterestCommon InterestsSocialist Party Author:Adolf Hitler
“If you believe that a nation is really better off which achieves for a comparative few, those who are capable of attaining it, high culture, ease, opportunity, and that these few from their enlightenment should give what they consider best to those less favored, then you naturally belong to the Republican Party. But if you believe that people must struggle slowly to the light for themselves, then it seems to me that you are a Democrat.” PeopleIfsGivingShouldBelieveLightSeemsPoliticalCultureOpportunityNationsPartyStruggleAchieveRepublicanCapableEnlightenmentDemocratEaseRepublican PartyPolitical PartiesBetter OffIf You Believe Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“I have achieved what I set out to achieve when I took over the leadership. The Greens have gone from strength to strength with solid election results and a growing, engaged party membership.” ResultsPartyGoneGrowingAchieveElectionEngagedMembershipElection Results Author:Christine Milne
“The question Tony Blair should be reflecting on this weekend is having achieved this, having secured his place in the history of the Labour Party and the history of Britain, whether now might be a better time to let a new leader in who could then achieve the unity we need if we are going to go forward.” IfsNeedsShouldMightPartyLeaderAchieveUnityBritainLabourWeekendReflectingSecuredBlairLabour Party Author:Robin Cook
“It's my duty to fight those who have chosen to belong to the party of death, those who say they receive their orders from God somewhere and believe they have a duty to set the world on fire to achieve their own salvation.” WorldBelieveOrderFightingPartyFireAchieveDutySalvationChosen Author:Wole Soyinka
“We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.” SufferingOrderPartyAchieveWillingCircumstancesTraditionInnovationRejectsDiscomfortBetter Future Author:Barbara Jordan
“I also believe that we have to protect our country and lead the world with strength and steadiness, and we have to unify our country and you know that's what I want the Democratic Party to stand for and that's what I hope my presidency will achieve.” KnowsWorldWantBelieveCountryPartyAchieveProtectDemocraticOur CountryPresidencyDemocratic PartySteadiness Author:Hillary Clinton
“Many decry rising inequality because it makes those who've fallen behind feel impoverished. But it's done much more than cause hurt feelings. It has also raised the real cost to middle-income families of achieving many basic goals. The process begins with the completely unremarkable fact that top earners have been spending at a substantially higher rate than before. They've been building bigger mansions, staging more elaborate weddings and coming-of-age parties for their kids, buying more and better of everything.” FeelsHas BeensRealDoneFactsFeelingsKidsAgeCausesProcessGoalHurtPartyBehindsMiddleAchieveBuildingHigherCostBiggerRaisedRateSpendingIncomeInequalityFallenRisingBuyingComing Of AgeHurt FeelingsMansionsStaging Author:Robert H. Frank
“It is our responsibility as the stronger party [Israel], as the occupying power, to convince the Palestinians that they can achieve their basic national aims, their just national aspirations, without violence. Unfortunately, the behavior of the Sharon administration, and before this of the Barak administration, has shown the Palestinians the opposite: namely, that they will achieve nothing without violence.” PartyResponsibilityViolenceAchieveBehaviorOppositesStrongerAimIsraelAdministrationAspirationConvincePalestinianSharon Author:Uri Avnery
“Obviously, we've all had disagreements and differences in the past. I suspect we'll have them again in the future. But last night as Americans learned that the United States had carried out an operation that resulted in the capture and death of Osama bin Laden. I think we experienced the same sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11. We were reminded again that there is a pride in what this nation stands for. And what we can achieve that runs far deeper than party, far deeper than politics.” ThinkingStatesRunningLastsPastNightNationsDifferencesUnitedPartyUnited StatesAchievePrideUnityDeeperOperationsSuspectsCaptureLast NightDisagreementBin LadenOsama Bin Laden Author:Barack Obama
“If your policy is immigration, you're gonna have a finite number, and you want the best people you can get. It's no different than when you're hiring for a company. It's no different than when you're assembling a group that has a task that you want to achieve. You want the best people. This is considered discriminatory by these idiots on the left, in the Democrat Party and the media. I do mean to use the word "idiot." I know it's a combination of many things.” PeopleMeanDifferentPartyAchievePolicyDemocratImmigrationIdiotHiring Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My passionate belief is in the role of movements to achieve political power to transform society. In this country, we talk about the Labour movement, of which the Labour Party is the wing of government for the interests of people we were set up to champion.” PeopleCountryPoliticalBeliefInterestPartyAchievePassionateChampionLabourPolitical Power Author:Owen Jones