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“We hold that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activity known to carry a grave risk of death represents a highly culpable mental state that may be taken into account in making a capital sentencing judgment not inevitable, lethal result.”

Humans May States Politics Results Known Taken Risk Activity Judgment Accounts Criminals Graves Inevitable Human Life Engaging Reckless Disregard Implicit

Author:Sandra Day O'Connor

“Well, it's always, though, safer in politics to avoid risk, to just kind of go along with the status quo. But I didn't get into government to do the safe and easy things. A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built. Politics isn't just a game of competing interests and clashing parties. The people of America expect us to seek public office and to serve for the right reasons. And the right reason is to challenge the status quo and to serve the common good.”

People Wells Kind Reason Government America Games Politics Easy Interest Challenges Party Common Risk Safe Office Built Ships Competing Status Quo Harbors Common Good Easy Things Public Office

Author:Sarah Palin

“Individual initiative alone and the mere free play of competition could never assure successful development. One must avoid the risk of increasing still more the wealth of the rich and the dominion of the strong, whilst leaving the poor in their misery and adding to the servitude of the oppressed.”

Source: On the development of peoples

“Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it may be - given the devastation it is wreaking - should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action.”

“Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.”

Desire Certain Evil Politics Risk Passing Passings Reform Fulfillment Can Not Conservatism Benevolent Incurring

Book:Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War: Works of Melville

Source: Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War: Works of Melville

“Wit puts politicians at risk.”

Politics Risk Politician Wit

Author:Mason Cooley

“Did I ever tell my constituents that if they liked their plan they could keep it? I would have if I'd ever met anybody who liked his or her plan. But that was not my experience.”

“Optimism is a tonic. Pessimism is poison. Admittedly, every businessman must be realistic. He must gather facts, analyze them candidly and strive to draw logical conclusions, whether favorable or unfavorable. He must not engage in self-delusion. He must not view everything through rose-colored glasses. Granting this, the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation's destiny, by men willing to adventure to shoulder risks terrifying to the timid.”

“Term limits would make Congress bolder, more independent, and less risk-averse.”

Political Politics Term Risk Limits Independent Congress Term Limits

Author:George Will

“But if the 1 percent and the 0.1 percent are respected and allowed to risk their wealth - and new rebels are allowed to rise up and challenge them - America will continue to be the land where the last regularly become the first by serving others.”

Ifs Firsts Lasts America Political Politics Challenges Wealth Risk Land Percent Serving Rebel Serving Others

Book:Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World

Source: Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World

“The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.”

Wells Country Politics Risk Security Impact Climate Climate Change Our Country Well Being

Author:Nancy Pelosi