This document will play an important role in protecting the strategic interests of Russia and Uzbekistan and ensuring stability and security in the region, which some politicians call Russia's soft underbelly. It's not a secret that after the Soviet collapse and especially in recent years, Central Asia has become the focus of interest of major nations because of its geographic location and rich mineral resources.
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There's no way that someone who's never been in politics is going to defeat Robert Byrd after all this time and with all this seniority.
Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between people, and their beliefs -- in religion, literature, colleges and schools -- democracy in all public and private life....
President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government.
It is the result of ambition and arrogance of the political machine DeLay helped to build.
Political Correctness is a killer, and so is the fact that on papers like the Globe, only the Beautiful People need apply for jobs.
Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech.
We believe the North Korean side needs to make a political decision over the abduction issue. We want them to change their stance on this issue.
I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.
This is the marketplace of political ideas. This is how America operates. It's a free market. It's free-wheeling. From the outside, it looks unpredictable. There's a circus-like free market.
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.
As the world is changing, so must we. I want us to usher in a new type of politics in this country constructive, thoughtful and open-minded.
Even the incurable optimists, as some of us are, are deeply worried. Six years down the line in the attempt to build democracy this is what we get violence in the land, and a government in breach. The only thing happening is politics. It is motion without
What Katrina did was unmask many of the deep social, economic and racial divisions we have in this city. Now the issue of race is not just a political issue but an issue of which neighborhood is going to be rebuilt.
Most politicians, when they meet with a guy like me, or a guy like Carville, tell you about how they can win.
How this president handles the Middle East in general and wins in Iraq in particular will be probably the most important definition of his presidency.
Talk radio doesn't need to be political.
That decision was definitely not made from pressure from the school board. It was made in light of our stance at the time in terms of political advertising.
I think the blind trusts have not been created because of an ethical conflict, it's been created because of a political issue. He was trying to eliminate the political appearance of a conflict. It didn't work, that's the bottom line.
We had always insisted on working with actors because they do what they're told. You can make actors play the character exactly as you want him, expressing opinions on politics, religion, all aspects of society. No comedian would do that for fear of alienating their following. Actors brush off criticism by attributing offending mannerisms or material to the role. Besides, comedians argue about the laughs.
If we had built this fence on the 1967 borders, it would have been a political fence. But on this route, it is a security fence.
He has chosen at this critical time, in the middle of a presidential campaign, to inject himself into the political debate. And he has every right to do so. But in so doing, his judgments -- his actions, or the lack thereof -- should also come under scrutiny.
They will reassert the state as economic, political and social actor after decades of governments that weakened or dismantled state institutions.
I am somewhat surprised when I hear statements from people at the political level that the insurgency is somehow declining when the command inside Iraq says just the opposite,
It will no longer be war that is the continuation of politics by other means, it will be what I have dubbed 'the integral accident' that is the continuation of politics by other means.
Anybody who competes in the political arena is always adapting to the way the game is played. If the rules change, people adapt. At the end of the day, this will probably have zero impact - if it passes.
As the political aspect becomes more and more influential, the organization ceases to be useful to its members and starts using them.
A lot of the time, now, it would seem that the power doesn't reside with politicians. So much power has been given over to corporations.
It was different then', ... 'I was an advocate seeking a job, a political job and that was 1985'.
He screwed up, and both former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff really screwed up, so taxpayers are going to get the bill. Bush is overcompensating by promising the moon because his administration screwed up. Politics is driving policy.
I think there is will, political and governmental, for a deal. And its about time.
A general lack of transparency about government spending and a reluctance by the public service to call attention to irregularities because of the increased concentration of political power in the prime minister's office are weaknesses in the present-day system of Canadian government.
Judge Roberts is clearly qualified in terms of intellect, ethics and temperament. The public does not want to see Supreme Court nominations become an extension of partisan politics.
What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.
Our desire is to generate the greatest debate possible with regard to this situation, so that all the political groups can express themselves and we can move forward with an action on behalf of all Argentines.
Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.
Political Correctness is about turning a blind eye to painful reality because your comfortable feelings are more important to you than saving lives and providing quality of life to people who work their ass off to be productive and are a benefit to this great American Dream.
Political renegades always start their career of treachery as 'the best men of all parties' and end up in the Tory knackery.
Let the count begin not just of the votes not counted in Miami Dade, but as the court so wisely ruled, of the undercounts in every county. Then every American will know with certainty who has won the presidency.
I never wanted to separate from either wife. It was accumulated stress. We had virtually no time to ourselves. After politics we were both working very hard to establish new careers.
... in politics nothing is accidental. If something happens, be assured it was planned this way.
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.
Sierra Pacific has been involved in the political process through many administrations for many years. It was simply a get-to-know, say-hello type of situation.
First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey, or a crummy mediocre politician. A man can be a hero because he suffers and despairs or because he thinks logically and analytically or because he is ''sensitive'' or because he is cruel. Wealth establishes a man as a hero, and so does poverty. Virtually any circumstance in a man's life will make him a hero to some group of people and has a mythic rendering in the culture in literature, art, theater, or the daily newspapers.
I believe you would agree that the enormous value of a political appointment to this position is based on the ability to work intimately with the Canadian Government. It is this perception of closeness that provides a strong platform for the Canadian Ambassador to advance Canada's interest.
I teach at USC, and it's obvious to anyone who teaches college students that they don't cover much modern history and certainly not the modern presidency.
The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics.
Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.
I am not a political figure, nor do I want to be one but I come with my heart.