Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thurgood Marshall

The ban directly hampers the partys ability to spread its message and hamstrings voters seeking to inform themselves about the candidates and issues,

Tom Stoppard

I'm the kind of person who embarks on an endless leapfrog down the great moral issues. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal and rebut the refutation. Endlessly.

Tom Hayden

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.

Tom Coburn

When we have heartbeat and brain waves, we refuse to accept it as the presence of life - this lack of logic of which we approach this issue because we like and we favor convenience over ethics. We favor convenience over the hard parts of life that actually make us grow.

Tibor Fischer

A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.

Russell Wilson

The more that we choose not to talk about domestic violence, the more we shy away from the issue, the more we lose.

Russell Simmons

There's one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.

Ronald Reagan

If you can't summarize an issue on one page, you don't understand the issue well enough.

Sam Nunn

Senator Biden was correct by calling for more to look into Governor Cuomo's defense policy. It is clear to me, by researching the governor's record on the issue, that he would be a wildcard on national defense issues.

Sally Field

You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.

Sally Field

I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.

Rosa DeLauro

Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is a family issue.

Susan Sarandon

I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point.

Shania Twain

So many people bare their midriffs, I don't know why mine is such an issue.

Scarlett Johansson

It's important for people to figure out their own lives before involving someone else - to gauge where you are and work on your own issues.

Sibel Edmonds

During my work there I came across some very significant issues that I started reporting in December of 2001 to the mid-level management within the FBI.

Sharon Cooper

Well, what I will tell you is the support from the world - it's not just an African-American citizen. There are people of all different walks of life who are rallying behind the concerns with the that Sandy was treated because what that says to me is that this is an American issue.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

It's often said that I choose subjects that are sensational! I choose to film subjects that spark difficult conversations and make people uncomfortable. Change only comes about when people are forced to discuss an issue, and that's what I hope my films do.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.

Sean Paul

Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues.

Leslie Jamison

Learning the edges or limits or sources of friction in empathy was one of the big issues for me.

Leonard Lance

Sometimes, people forget my record of fiscal conservatism on major issues in the state legislature. The greatest example is my voting against the pension borrowing scheme in 1997.

Lawrence G. Lovasik

To be outspoken when truth is under attack, when charity is being bruise, or when important issues of life are at stake is a good and courageous thing. To be outspoken when nothing is at stake except the feelings of someone else is a small and contemptible thing.

Larry Craig

Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.

Marco Rubio

When I got to the Senate, one of the things that most bothered me is this lack of urgency about the major issues.

Marco Rubio

Barack Obama hasn't kept us safe. The problem is we had an attack in San Bernardino. And we were paying attention to the most important issue we have faced in a decade since 9/11, and then all the talk was about this proposal, which isn't going to happen.

Marco Rubio

Ted Cruz said he wanted to find a compromise. Ted Cruz said he wanted to bring 11 million people out of the shadows. Ted Cruz said that he wanted immigration reform to pass. Here's the bottom line. I tried to solve a very difficult issue, and we tried to produce the best and most conservative bill possible in a Senate controlled by Harry Reid at the time, and then send it over to the House and have them, conservatives, make it even better.

Scott Ritter

I was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history. I was the only one who was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history.

Scott Ritter

When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed.

Saxby Chambliss

He [Rubio] is so knowledgeable about this issue ... I'm glad to see somebody with his background step forward and say it's important and we need to look at it.

Li Zhaoxing

China is very concerned about the Iranian nuclear issue.

Li Peng

As a historical legacy, the Kashmir conflict has been an outstanding issue for more than half a century.

Laura Bush

In almost every single way, George and I share the same values. And if we differ on some issues, it's very, very minor.