Words matter. These are the best Political Decisions Quotes from famous people such as Natasha Trethewey, Jeb Bush, Stephanie Coontz, Carroll Quigley, Hans Frank, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
‘Memory.’ ‘Race.’ ‘Murder.’ That’s what they say about me. I am an elegiac poet. I have some historical questions, and I’m grappling with ways to make sense of history; why it still haunts us in our most intimate relationships with each other, but also in our political decisions.
I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.
Feminism needs a political program because gender inequality has been fostered by political decisions.
Hitler’s economic revolution in Germany had reduced financial considerations to a point where they played no role in economic or political decisions.
I never participated in far-reaching political decisions, since I never belonged to the circle of the closest associates of Adolf Hitler, neither was I consulted by Adolf Hitler on general political questions, nor did I ever take part in conferences about such problems.
My concern is to keep religion and the state separated. I don’t think that religion and politics go together. When you see political decisions colored by religion, decisions that affect us all… I thought: ‘I do not want to go back to medieval times.’
Like him or not, you really should respect the fact that Justin Amash makes his political decisions based only on his principles – which is truly refreshing in our hyper-partisan era.
The last eight years have created a lot of deep-seated hostility. People take political decisions very personally, and today there is a constant, ongoing attack, with one side or the other being maligned.
There are trends in our societies… that can lead to some political decisions in America and in Europe that can give some ground to the radicalization discourse.
If I want to make political decisions, I should stand for election. If I want to do something in the legal field, that’s different; that is my – they are my qualifications, but you know, the politicians are the ones who stand up there and are answerable to the people.
If the court is a political institution making important political decisions, then the public should debate the politics of Supreme Court decisions.
We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions.
Paying more heed to the lessons of the past might teach us to be a little more cautious about some of the political decisions taken today.
