“Ethics must be reintroduced to public service to restore people's faith in government. Without such faith, democracy cannot flourish. Your ambitious agenda is filling a desperate need.” PeopleNeedsGovernmentDemocracyIntegrityEthicsDesperateAgendasAmbitiousFillingPublic Service Author:Walter Cronkite
“But now well democracy has shown us that what is evil are the grosses têtes, the big heads, all big heads are greedy for money and power, they are ambitious that is the reason they are big heads and so they are at the head of the government and the result is misery for the people. They talk about cutting off the heads of the grosses têtes but now we know that there will be other grosses têtes and the will be all the same.” PeopleKnowsWellsReasonBigsGovernmentEvilResultsDemocracyCuttingMiseryAmbitiousGreedyDemocracies HaveMoney And PowerCutting OffBig Heads Author:Gertrude Stein
“After eight years in government, Mr Blair has precious little to show for his ambitious plans to heal the divisions in society.” YearsLittlesShowsGovernmentPlansEightHealDivisionAmbitiousBlair Author:Melanie Phillips
“Now see, a lot of critics are saying Arnold can't get elected because he's just an ambitious guy with a famous name, who doesn't know anything about running the government. Didn't hurt George Bush.” KnowsGovernmentRunningGuyNamesHurtCriticsAmbitious Author:Jay Leno
“The omission of an expected conjunction is called an asyndeton. Caesar is supposed to have said about Gaul: I came, I saw, I conquered. Lincoln concluded the Gettysburg Address, That government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.Caesar seems to have omitted his conjunction to speed things up; he is emphasizing how quickly the conquest of a place follows from its being sighted by a great and ambitious general. Lincoln's omission is more subtle” PeopleSaidSeemsGovernmentEarthLanguageSawsSpeedExpectedAddressesSubtleAmbitiousConquestOmissionConjunctionsGettysburgGettysburg Address Book:Figures of Speech: 60 Ways To Turn A Phrase Source: Figures of Speech: 60 Ways To Turn A Phrase