We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions, conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty, than any of which the history of former times tells us.
I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
We have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community to be governed.
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.
Climate change is a controversial subject, right? People will debate whether there is climate change... that's a whole political debate that I don't want to get into. I want to talk about the frequency of extreme weather situations, which is not political.