“I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not in the race.” MenPoliticalPoliticsRaceCongressDenyGentlemanQualified Book:Speak, Mister Speaker Source: Speak, Mister Speaker
“It is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters who choose to vote, that constitute political power.” PoliticalVoteVotersQualifiedPolitical Power Book:Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46 Source: Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46
“What I find most appalling is the Senate calls it a qualified blind trust when it's not blind. Since the Senate says it's OK, the Senate has made it a political question. It's up to the voter. But there's no doubt it's a conflict of interest.” MadePoliticalInterestDoubtConflictBlindMade ItNo DoubtVotersSenateBlindnessQualifiedConflict Of InterestBlind Trust Author:Kathleen Clark
“The adjective "political" in "political philosophy" designates not so much the subject matter as a manner of treatment; from this point of view, I say, "political philosophy" means primarily not the philosophic study of politics, but the political, or popular, treatment of philosophy, or the political introduction to philosophy the attempt to lead qualified citizens, or rather their qualified sons, from the political life to the philosophic life.” MeanMatterPhilosophyPoliticalViewsStudySubjectsSonCitizensPoint Of ViewTreatmentQualifiedIntroductionPolitical PhilosophySubject MatterAdjectivesPolitical LifePhilosophic Author:Leo Strauss
“Politics is the only serious. subject that men think themselves qualified to act upon without any previous education or instruction whatever. If it happened to be astronomy, or botany, or medicine, or law, he would never be allowed to work in any of these arts, or to take a decisive part in the history of any one of these sciences without having, at least, acquired: the A B C of it; but the awful fact of politics is that we do not take the trouble seriously to understand the political situation.” IfsThinkingMenArtFactsLawPoliticalSituationHappenedTroubleSubjectsSeriousElectionMedicineAstronomyAwfulInstructionQualifiedElection DayBotanySerious Subjects Author:Hugh Price Hughes
“I can't imagine that anyone in Hollywood is sitting around trying to decide what actor is good or right or qualified for a role and is being denied a role because of their political views. I don't think that's the way Hollywood works. We're not living in an era of blacklisting.” ThinkingWayTryingI CanPoliticalActorsViewsRolesImagineSittingHollywoodErasDeniedImagine ThatQualifiedSitting AroundPolitical View Author:Kevin Spacey
“I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine labor secretary. From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly qualified.” HumorPoliticalFineLaborAccountsPressesSecretaryQualifiedPolitical HumorBushism Author:George W. Bush
“Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is qualified for leadership, when it comes to posts of authority such as presidency, Muslim scholars unanimously agree that it is impermissible for a woman to assume such a post because in this case she is in charge of her people's affairs.” PeopleIfsMenPoliticalCasesRightsEqualAuthorityMen And WomenRegardAgreeAssumingIslamAffairPostsScholarPresidencyQualifiedDifferentiatePolitical Rights Author:Yusuf al-Qaradawi