“I think especially in her position, a highly successful professional woman, it would be a real exception to have an unwed child.” ThinkingChildrenRealWould BePoliticsSuccessfulPositionException Author:Dan Quayle
“If a person, in a position of authority, wants someone to believe a lie, usually all they have to do is tell it to them. If they want someone to believe a ridiculous lie, all they have to do is tell it to them enough.” IfsWantBelievePersonsEnoughLyingPoliticsPositionAuthorityRidiculous Author:Derek R. Audette
“My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run, identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand; for property belongs to man and not man to property.” MenHumansLongRealHandsRunningPoliticsInterestCasesRightsPositionConflictRegardMajorityPropertyHuman RightsCivilizedLong RunsIdenticalProperty RightsFew WordsCivilized SocietyUpper Hand Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“For it is precisely because certain groups have no representation in a number of recognized political structures that their position tends to be so stable, their oppression so continuous.” PoliticalCertainPoliticsNumbersGroupsPositionStructureDiscriminationOppressionStableRepresentation Book:Sexual Politics Source: Sexual Politics
“I have done it [appointed commissions] regretfully and with the hope that it would be temporary. But after a commission is established you find it always wants to enlarge itself, employ more people, is very busy with Senators and Congressmen to impress upon them the great value of the services of the commission, and even when I talk to people that I appoint to commissions and tell them I would like them to go on to various boards with the idea that they may be abolished, they say they ought to be abolished, but when they have taken their position they very soon seem to change their mind.” PeopleWantMindMayIdeasDoneSeemsWould BeValuesPoliticsTakenPositionGoes OnOughtWasteBusyVariousBoardsTemporarySenatorsImpressCongressmanGreat Value Author:Calvin Coolidge
“... liberal intellectualstend to have a classical theory of politics, in which the state has a monopoly of power; hoping thatthose in positions of authority may prove to be enlightened men, wielding power justly, they are natural, if cautious, allies of the "establishment.” IfsMenMayStatesPoliticsNaturalPositionTheoryProveAuthorityLiberalismEnlightenedAlliesEstablishmentMonopolyCautiousWielding Power Author:Susan Sontag
“Fascism entirely agrees with Mr. Maynard Keynes, despite the latter's prominent position as a Liberal. In fact, Mr. Keynes' excellent little book, The End of Laissez-Faire (1926) might, so far as it goes, serve as a useful introduction to fascist economics. There is scarcely anything to object to in it and there is much to applaud.” LittlesBookEndsFactsMightPoliticalPoliticsPositionObjectsEconomicsAgreeDespiteExcellentLatterFascismIntroductionFascistsProminentLaissez FaireKeynes Author:Benito Mussolini
“Boris Nemtsov, left his mark on the history of Russia, in politics and public life. He worked on important positions in the difficult transition period for our country. He always openly and honestly stated his position, defended his point of view.” LifeImportantCountryPoliticsLeftDifficultViewsPositionPeriodsMarkPoint Of ViewHonestlyRussiaOur CountryTransitionPublic Life Author:Vladimir Putin
“I don't feel passionately about politics, i'm not a political person. Is it easy for me to get fired up about someone's position on climate change? No, it's not. On most of these issues, I can see both sides.” FeelsPersonsI CanPoliticalPoliticsEasySidesChangeIssuesPositionClimateClimate ChangeBoth SidesFired Up Author:Rachel Maddow
“There are those who offer themselves as leaders who even play politics with a nomination of our nations chief law enforcement officer, finally, Loretta Lynch will be able to assume the position she has trained her lifetime for.” PlayAbleLawPoliticsNationsLeaderPositionOffersAssumingLifetimeChiefsOfficersLaw EnforcementEnforcementNominations Author:Hillary Clinton
“It is tempting to believe that social evils arise from the activities of evil men and that if only good men (like ourselves, naturally) wielded power, all would be well. That view requires only emotion and self-praise - easy to come by and satisfying as well. To understand why it is that 'good' men in positions of power will produce evil, while the ordinary man without power but able to engage in voluntary cooperation with his neighbors will produce good, requires analysis and thought, subordinating emotions to the rational.” IfsMenBelieveWellsSelfWould BeAblePoliticalEvilPoliticsSocialEasyTermViewsEmotionPositionProduceActivityOrdinaryPraiseNeighborAriseRationalAnalysisGood ManCooperationSatisfyingTemptingOrdinary ManEvil ManPosition Of PowerTerm LimitsSelf PraiseSocial Evils Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“I would like to believe I would not have behaved differently had I not made a term limits pledge, but my own frailties and human desire for prestige and position tell me my term limits pledge did make a difference in how I approached my job in Congress.” BelieveHumansMadeJobsPoliticalDesirePoliticsTermDifferencesMy OwnPositionLimitsCongressMaking A DifferencePledgePrestigeFrailtyTerm Limits Book:Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders Source: Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders
“The real challenge is figuring out how the United States can regain control of its future from its new oligarchy and restore its position as a prosperous, fair, well-educated nation. For if we don't, the current pattern of great concentration of wealth and power will worsen, and we may face the steady immiseration of most of the American population.” IfsWellsMayRealStatesFacesPoliticalPoliticsNationsChallengesWealthUnitedUnited StatesPositionFairsPatternsPopulationCurrentsEducatedConcentrationSteadyProsperousOligarchyWell EducatedConcentration Of Wealth Author:Charles Ferguson
“If the authorities constrain banks and are aware of the activities of fringe banks and other financial institutions, they are in a better position to attenuate the disruptive expansionary tendencies of our economy.” IfsPoliticalPoliticsEconomyPositionActivityAuthorityInstitutionsFinancialTendenciesFringeDisruptiveConstrainFinancial Institutions Author:Hyman Minsky
“Will I criticize Hillary Clinton on her position of TPP, or the lack of position? Will I criticize her on her views of Wall Street? Will I criticize her on foreign policy? That's what democracy is about, but taking cheap shots at people, making it personal, I don't think that's what politics should be about.” PeopleThinkingShouldPoliticsViewsDemocracyStreetsPolicyPositionWallShotsClintonCriticizeForeign PolicyCheap Shots Author:Bernie Sanders
“Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.” ThinkingGovernmentPoliticalChoicesPoliticsPresidentPositionAbsolutesIndependentVicesLoyaltyAdministrationVice President Author:Hubert H. Humphrey