“I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent 10 years in British prisons. In the evening, in our living room, the only subject we used to discuss was politics. So politics was not unfamiliar to me.” YearsPoliticalUsedFatherRoomsPartyLeaderSubjectsMembersPrisonCongressBritishFighterEveningLiving RoomUnfamiliarProminentFreedom FighterLocalityCongress Party Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“Liberalism is that principle of political rights, according to which the public authority, in spite of being all-powerful, limits itself and attempts, even at ist own expense, to leave room in the state over which it rules for those to live who neither think nor feel as it does, that is to say as do the stronger, the majority.” ThinkingFeelsDoeStatesPoliticalRoomsPowerfulPrinciplesRightsLimitsAuthorityStrongerMajorityLiberalismSpiteExpensesPolitical Rights Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset
“Chankaya is referring there to the probibition of entry of the untrustworthy in the counsel-room. Disloyal persons foolishly speak out the secrets of the counsel not knowing the harmful effects of the same. Disclosing the secrets of the counsel mars the welfare of the country.” PersonsCountryPoliticalSpeakRoomsSecretKnowingEffectsWelfareNot KnowingMarsEntrySpeaks OutReferringDisloyalUntrustworthy Author:Chanakya
“If I'm the president, we're going to have emergency-room care, we're going to have gag orders.” IfsHumorCarePoliticalOrderPresidentRoomsEmergenciesPolitical HumorGagsEmergency Room Author:George W. Bush
“I'm not into smoke-filled rooms. I don't have the time for byzantine political intrigues.” PoliticalRoomsFilledSmokeIntrigueByzantine Author:Benazir Bhutto
“For three decades, Senator Arlen Specter served the people of Pennsylvania with independence, toughness, determination and an unflinching devotion to the best interests of his constituents and our country. From the committee room to the Senate chamber, Senator Specter offered a voice of reason and passion in every debate - always willing to reach across the aisle and work across party lines to get the job done, regardless of political gamesmanship or gain.” PeopleCountryReasonDoneJobsPoliticalPassionThreeVoiceInterestLinesRoomsPartyHistoryWillingGainsDeterminationIndependenceDecadesDebateDevotionOur CountrySenateSenatorsCommitteesChamberToughnessConstituentsAislePennsylvaniaGet The Job DoneVoice Of Reason Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Some comedians are silly or goofy or straight joke writers who avoid anything subversive or political. Others are drawn to it. The beauty of standup is there is room for everyone, and years of performing in front of crowds will dictate what you can or can't do.” YearsPoliticalRoomsFrontsJokesCrowdsSillyComedianPerformingSubversiveGoofy Author:Ted Alexandro
“My family spent many years sleeping side by side in the same room. It's important for me to not separate myself from them or to say that I've suffered more than they have because I'm gay. We all suffered from the same political rejection, and from poverty. When you're starving with eleven other people in the same room, you become connected to them forever. We were all hungry at the same time.” PeopleYearsImportantPoliticalSidesSleepRoomsPovertyForeverGayMy FamilyConnectedHungryRejectionStarvingEleven Author:Abdellah Taia
“The right to express one's views, practice one's faith, peacefully assemble with others to pursue political or social change - these are all rights to which all human beings are entitled, whether they choose to exercise them in a city square or an Internet chat room. And just as we have worked together since the last century to secure these rights in the material world, we must work together in this century to secure them in cyberspace.” WorldHumansTogetherLastsPoliticalSocialHuman BeingsRoomsViewsCitiesPracticeRightsCenturyMaterialsInternetExercisePursueSecureWorking TogetherSquaresEntitledSocial ChangeMaterial WorldCyberspace Author:Hillary Clinton