But if too many countries, as has been the case, interfere too much in the internal affairs, the political situation of Afghanistan, then of course we can't hope satisfactory results.
It's all very well for us to sit here in the West with our high incomes and cushy lives, and say it's immoral to violate the sovereignty of another state. But if the effect of that is to bring people in that country economic and political freedom, to raise their standard of living, to increase their life expectancy, then don't rule it out.
First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views.
People bring up Willie Horton or some other political bombshell in the past, but what they're not being intellectually honest about is if we do not work on early release, if we do not rehabilitate 95 percent of the people who go into the prison system and come out, far more innocent people are going to be harmed.
Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough.
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.
The Social-Democratic Federation took part in all the political and economic struggles of the English working class; it took pains to bring Socialist views home to them, not only through agitation and propaganda, but also by actions.
Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.
You may agree or not with Gaddafi's political ideas, but no one has the right to question the existence of Libya as an independent state and member of the United Nations.
I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam.
What is new is the multiplying reach and volume of the Internet, concentrating the toxicity of destructive emotions and circulating them in the political bloodstream with unparalleled velocity.
Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.
Yes, for my undergrad I majored in Criminal Justice and minored in Political Science and English.
Any political system can commit mistakes and any state can commit mistakes. What is most important is to acknowledge these mistakes and put them right as soon as possible and put those behind them into account, bring them to account.
Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness.
Our constituents deserve better than narrow-minded political games.
I don't choose my villains and heroes for political reasons.
It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat.
The Republic of Macedonia is being built on democratic ideals and values, not on ethnic groups. Those ideals and values include economic opportunities, language and educational opportunities, religious rights, and political processes.
I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.
The 2012 presidential campaign's turn away from the classic, straight-up, American election - where the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide wins - is another sad reminder of the extreme political polarization distorting today's politics. No one talks about a 50-state strategy for winning the presidency these days.
Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself.
If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political.
Whoever doesn't want to hear our voice needs to see a political otolaryngologist.
We have a sufficient political class, and the military doesn't have to get involved in high national office. The days of doing that, post-Civil War and post-World War II, are gone.
This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones.
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regimes, in which former terrorists become well-regarded representatives of their country.
I cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha.'
I am going to get political on you. Because I am the most shallow person in the world, my mission is to see men's formal wear change a little bit. It is too rigid! Everybody looks like a penguin!
I will throw all my best efforts into it, my thoughts and political observations, but ultimately I want to create a narrative that keeps you turning the pages and leaves you with a sense that this thing has a reason for being there.
Today, political events are nullified unless they're on TV.
Without being overtly political about it, if people with severe disabilities are calculated in societal terms purely as a monetised unit, in terms of how much they cost in terms of care, you lose an important sense of who they are and the effect they have.
I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.
I realised that a television show on political lampoon was one genre that was missing.
America wins when the voiceless have a seat at the table, when the vulnerable are protected, and when working families have the same political clout as the wealthy.
