Quotes by Political It is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters who choose to vote, that constitute political power. Abraham Lincoln qualified voters political Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest. Abraham Lincoln trade political If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. Abraham Lincoln civil-war political trying Directors are like generals, political dictators, aggressive people...And everyone in the film is always grateful if you can tell them what to do. Abraham Polonsky grateful political people The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal. Abu Abbas political goal struggle With Climate Change as a Security Risk, WBGU has compiled a flagship report on an issue that quite rightly is rising rapidly up the international political agenda. The authors pull no punches on the likelihood of increasing tensions and conflicts in a climatically constrained world and spotlight places where possible conflicts may flare up in the 21st century unless climate change is checked. The report makes it clear that climate policy is preventative security policy. Achim Steiner flare-up issues political My sense, and I'm sort of guessing, is that the journalists were being classified by the government as common criminals, and the political prisoners were so resistant to being that. Always keeping [the other prisoners] as murderers, thieves, that sort of thing, which has a certain irony to it, I guess. It's a curious thing. Adam Braver guessing political government Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most applicable. Adam Driver adjectives political acting Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience. Adam Driver political acting military Even [Ernst] Hemingway, perhaps the most intentionally non-political of American writers, became passionately partisan during the Spanish Civil War. Adam Hochschild partisans political war How many really great writers are there who are totally non-political? You can hear the French Revolution in the poetry of [Percy Bysshe] Shelly and [John] Wordsworth; you can sense the vast inequalities of Tsarist Russia in [Anton] Chekhov and [Lev] Tolstoy. Adam Hochschild russia revolution political There's such an aggressively apolitical movement in the US that anything that smells of being political - even the term "political" is so ridiculous, when you think about it. The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that's what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population. Adam McKay ridiculous political thinking I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently. Adam Michnik political way thinking Unless you count the political backdrop, which in any case is a familiar one to many international readers, I don't think there's anything that I would call essentially Brazilian in João Gilberto Noll work. In that regard, it translates very well to a cosmopolitan audience. Adam Morris familiar political thinking T's [King James Bible] subject is majesty, not tyranny, and it's political purpose was unifying and enfolding, to elide the kingliness of God with the godliness of kings, to make royal power and divine glory into one invisible garment which could be wrapped around the nation as a whole. Adam Nicolson political purpose kings I would strongly urge the Donald Trump administration to pick someone who is completely apolitical, who doesn't come out of the political process, someone who is a retired judge or an acting judge willing to step down from their judgeship, someone ideally who has prosecutorial experience, but someone who could come in and give credibility to the Russia investigation that is severely in jeopardy. Adam Schiff political judging giving Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct. Adam Smith politics political sometimes I have no great faith in political arithmetic, and I mean not to warrant the exactness of either of these computations. Adam Smith arithmetic political mean The sneaking arts of underling tradesmen are thus erected into political maxims for the conduct of a great empire; for it is the most underling tradesmen only who make it a rule to employ chiefly their own customers. A great trader purchases his good always where they are cheapest and best, without regard to any little interest of this kind. Adam Smith empires political art I have no faith in political arithmetic. Adam Smith political faith math «1234567891011»