“America pays its bills. It always has. It always will. The fact that Washington is now debating whether to honor its debts and obligations, then, should come as a surprise. But playing political football with a necessary vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling has become as predictable as a Twitter rant from Charlie Sheen.” ShouldFactsAmericaPoliticalNationsPayFootballHonorVoteRaisesBillsSurpriseDebtObligationCharlieCeilingsPredictableRantDebt Ceiling Author:Peter Welch
“That, in part, is why the Constitution's framers gave justices life tenure ? to enable them to rule wherever the law and the Constitution led them, without obligation or fear of political reprisal. Former Republican president Gerald Ford recently paid tribute to John Paul Stevens, his only appointee to the Supreme Court, who is also far more liberal than Republicans expected. He has served his nation well, ... with dignity, intellect and without partisan political concerns.” WellsLawPoliticalNationsPresidentJusticeRepublicanConcernDignityConstitutionPaidCourtIntellectExpectedSupremeObligationFormerSupreme CourtTributePartisansTenureJohn PaulFramersReprisalGerald Ford Author:Gerald R. Ford
“History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius of their people. The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. ... These measures never fail to create great and violent jealousies and animosities between the people favored and the people oppressed; whence a total separation of affections, interests, political obligations, and all manner of connections, by which the whole state is weakened.” PeopleStatesWholeLawPoliticalNationsInterestFailingPolicyGeniusConnectionsPrejudiceIllAffectionFavorsSeparationViolentObligationOppressionInstanceRuinsTemperOppressedMistakenAnimosityProsecution Author:Benjamin Franklin
“for me, the beauty of feminism is that it is a social and political movement that has redefined the power and obligation of the self: self-possession and self-regulation as a tool for social reform.” SelfPoliticalSocialFeminismMovementToolsPossessionObligationReformRegulationSocial ReformSelf RegulationPolitical Movements Book:Essays in feminism Source: Essays in feminism
“We want our teachers to be trained so they can meet the obligations, their obligations as teachers. We want them to know how to teach the science of reading. In order to make sure there's not this kind of federal-federal cufflink.” KnowsWantKindHumorPoliticalOrderReadingTeachKnow HowTeacherObligationPolitical Humor Author:George W. Bush
“I have no regrets about my political activity, only that I sometimes got carried away with it and didn't find the right balance between obligations to my family and my need to be involved in social movements.” NeedsSometimesPoliticalSocialMovementRegretBalanceInvolvedActivityMy FamilyObligationNo RegretsCarried AwaySocial MovementsHave No Regrets Author:Howard Zinn