“Colombia is a different country today. The state is now present in every single corner, the drug lords are in jail or dead. So we have the means to guarantee the security of FARC politicians.” MeanDifferentCountryStatesTodayLordSecurityPoliticianDrugCornersGuaranteesJailColombiaDifferent Countries Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“Speaking of Germany in 1933, I don't think you can remove yourself from politics when, in so many countries - the United States, Poland, Hungary, and many others - you've got politicians in power or vying for power who are taking tactics and elements of their appeal from the playbook of fascism.” ThinkingCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesPoliticianElementsAppealsGermanyRemoveFascismTacticsPolandHungaryPlaybooks Author:Adam Hochschild
“If you've worked together with somebody very well, leave-taking is very difficult. But we are all politicians. We all know that democracy lives off change. So, in the United States of America, the Constitution has very clear stipulations on this. It's a tough rule. Eight years and that's it, out goes the president and a new one comes in.” IfsKnowsYearsWellsStatesTogetherAmericaDifficultPresidentUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyClearPoliticianToughConstitutionEightUnited States Of AmericaStipulations Author:Angela Merkel
“Because once the black man becomes the political master of his own community, it means that the politicians of that community will also be black, which also means that he then will be sending black representation or representatives not only to represent him at the local level and at the state level, but, but even at the federal level.” MenMeanStatesPoliticalBlackCommunityLevelsMastersPoliticianLocalsRepresentativesRepresentation Author:Malcolm X
“I think if you worked at the community level in Chicago and then a politician on the South Side of Chicago, and worked at the state level, then you're pretty familiar with all the variations of politics in the African American community and criticisms you may get. If you're not familiar with those or you don't have a thick enough skin to take it, then you probably wouldn't have gotten here.” IfsThinkingMayStatesEnoughSidesCommunityLevelsPoliticianCriticismSkinsSouthFamiliarAfrican AmericanChicagoThickVariationYou Re Pretty Author:Barack Obama
“Back in the days of the Soviet Union, the countries of Eastern Europe, being under the control of the USSR, would call their states "people's republics." The sham that is currently going on in the states of the former Soviet Union is due to the fact that the politicians in power are eager to polish up their image abroad.” PeopleCountryStatesFactsPoliticianEuropeUnionsDuesFormerRepublicSovietSoviet UnionEasternPolishEastern EuropeUssr Author:Garry Kasparov
“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” InspirationalCountryStatesPoliticalAsksPoliticsPeacePresidentCan DoInspiringResponsibilityHistoryPoliticianSpeechFellowsPresidentialPatriotismPatrioticAmerican HistoryPatriotUnited States Of AmericaPersonal ResponsibilityUsefulnessMemorial DayAmerican CitizensIndependence DayGood CitizenElection DayInaugurationInspirational MilitaryAmerican PatrioticInauguralUs PresidentGreat PatrioticInaugural AddressAmerican PatriotismAmerican PatriotGreat PresidentsMemorial Day PoemsIndependence Day PatrioticPatriotism And NationalismPatriotism In AmericaMemorial Day RemembranceAmerican FreedomHappy Independence Day UsaHonoring Veterans Memorial DayHappy Memorial DayInspirational PatrioticHappy Independence DayHonoring Memorial DayMemorial Day HeroesInaugural SpeechIndia Independence DayUs PresidentialIndian Independence DayInspirational PresidentialGreat Memorial DayGood CitizenshipProfiles In CourageMemorial Day MessagesMilitary MemorialMemorial WeekendMemorial Day Thank YouMemorial Day WeekendIndian PatrioticMemorial Day SoldiersMost Patriotic Author:John F. Kennedy
“Today many politicians suggest that where the federal government does not act, there must be anarchy. That view is odd, blinkering out the work of state and towns, which until recently did much of our charitable and cultural work. That view also blinkers out the role of mutual societies and churches.” DoeStatesGovernmentTodayChurchViewsRolesPoliticianTownsOddMutualAnarchyFederal GovernmentCharitableBlinkers Author:Amity Shlaes
“Lincoln is such an iconic figure in American history. He seems to reflect so many elements of American culture that we consider essential, whether it's the self-made man, the frontier hero, the politician who tries to act in a moral way as well as in a political way, Honest Abe. His career raises these questions that are still with us, the power of the federal government vis-à-vis the states, the question of race in American life, can we be a society of equals? There are so many issues central to Lincoln's career that are still part of our society one hundred and fifty years later.” MenWayTryingYearsWellsMadeStillsSelfStatesSeemsGovernmentPoliticalCultureRaceMoralCareersIssuesHonestFiguresHeroPoliticianEssentialsElementsHundredRaisesFiftyOur SocietyAmerican HistoryFederal GovernmentFrontiersAmerican CultureIconicAmerican LifeSelf MadeAbeSelf Made Man Author:Eric Foner
“The average politician speaks out of both sides of their mouth. No matter if it's Canada or the United States. And it's all three levels of government here and all parties. They act one way in front of the people and they think people are stupid and they can blow smoke where the sun doesn't shine for these people. And people don't buy it anymore.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayMatterStatesGovernmentThreeSpeakSidesLevelsUnitedPartyUnited StatesSunFrontsStupidPoliticianMouthsShiningAverageBlowOne WaySmokeCanadaBoth SidesSpeaks Out Author:Doug Ford, Jr.
“Racism in our countries is a fact in that the indian is not allowed to be a politician or aspire to being head of state. It has reached the point that 99% of the indigenous women have not gone to school. The indigenous are condemned to live in a situation designed to exterminate them. They receive a pittance of a salary, they neither speak nor write the language, politics dictates their situation. Is this slavery? I don't know what it's called. It is not the same as before because we are in modern times.” KnowsWritingCountryStatesFactsSchoolSpeakLanguageSituationGoneModernPoliticianRacismSlaveryOur CountryIndianAspireIndigenousSalaryModern TimesHead Of State Author:Rigoberta Menchu
“Nigel Farage, even if you don`t follow British politics, he`s a British politician but you may recognize him from his frequent visits to the United States, for example, his time at Trump Tower. You may recognize him from his time on the campaign trail with Donald Trump.” IfsMayStatesUnitedUnited StatesExampleTrumpPoliticianBritishCampaignsTowersTrailsBritish Politics Author:Rachel Maddow
“A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.” LifeStatesPoliticalOrderPoliticsPartyProgressPoliticianHealthyElementsReformStabilityPolitical LifeStable Life Author:John Stuart Mill
“I never thought I'd live to see the day that an American administration would denounce the state of Israel for rebuilding Jerusalem.” StatesAmericaPoliticalPoliticianIsraelAdministrationIsraeliJerusalemCondemnationRebuildingNonsensical Author:Mike Pence
“If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.” IfsThinkingWorldCountryStatesMightNextUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsPoliticianElectionNext GenerationStewardship Author:Claude Pepper
“If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.” IfsInspirationalCountryStatesGodAmericaPoliticalReligionPoliticsNationsForgetGonePoliticianAuthorityDisappearChristian InspirationalPresidentialDivinityPatriotismPatrioticProvidencePatriotWithout GodReligious ToleranceAmerican PresidentEncyclopediaAmerican PatrioticUs PresidentReligious IntoleranceReligion And PoliticsChristian HeritageAmerican PatriotismAmerica FreedomPatriotism In AmericaGood PatrioticAmerican FreedomPledge Of AllegianceChristian PatrioticInspirational PatrioticOne Nation Under GodGod And CountryUs PresidentialInspiring PresidentialPatriotic ReligiousMoral DecayPrayer In SchoolBible School Author:Ronald Reagan
“Volunteering has been undervalued in Britain for a long time. Often it has been seen as a kind of cut-price, amateur version of work that would be better done by the state. When politicians speak about it, people hear in the background the sound of budgets being cut.” PeopleKindLongHas BeensStatesDoneWould BeSpeakSoundCuttingPoliticianLong TimeBackgroundsVersionsBudgetsBritainVolunteerUndervalued Author:Jonathan Sacks