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" Populist promises to reverse every tough decision are nothing but empty rhetoric, irresponsible leadership, and bad politics. They are not the solution to Ireland's problems. "

Enda Kenny

Politics

Leadership

Decision

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" I'll be honest: I haven't ruled politics out. "

" Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy. "

" I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else. "

" I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good. "

" In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics. "

" So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy. "

" Technology and the Internet are not just changing politics here in the U.S. It's also happening abroad. In the Philippines, where I grew up, grassroots organizers used text messaging to help overthrow a president. "

Jose Antonio Vargas

Help

Technology

" There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization. "

" Anyone who has been around Washington politics long enough can't avoid this truism: Election-year money is like a rushing river that invariably finds cracks in any dam the reformers erect. "

" Mercury emissions will continue to harm the environment and to endanger the health of children and pregnant women, until this Administration puts public health before politics. "

" My three years in politics was very instructive about the way in which the appetite for political power can destroy a human mind, destroy principles and values, and transform people into little monsters. "

" It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.' "

" If we give up on politics, we're done for. Powerlessness is a self-fulfilling prophesy. "

Robert Reich

Give

Done

" I wasn't a particularly brilliant student, but on the other hand, I was very active in Student Union affairs and in student politics. "

" I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. "

" Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value. "

R. Buckminster Fuller

Pollution

Nothing

Politics

" A fool and his money are soon elected. "

" You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics looks so petty. "

" Oh, that lovely title, ex-president. "

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Title

Politics

" If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents. "

Ed Koch

Fly

" The typical American citizen is the business man. The typical business man is a bad citizen; he is busy. If he is a 'big business man' and very busy, he does not neglect; he is busy with politics, oh, very busy and very businesslike. "

" I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. "

" I care about politics just like any other citizen. I'm against the war in Iraq, or any type of war. "

Enrique Iglesias

Politics

War

" In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. "

" I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors. When you get right down to it, they probably like being fooled by politicians even more. A skillful actor will make you think, but a skillful politician will make you never have to think. "

" The Constitution says that the right to life of the unborn is protected and given equal rights as the life of the mother. "