Issues Quotes - Page 16

• I think that there's a liberal element out there that finds me not acceptable. They don't like my stance on a lot of issues because I am conservative.

  Jan Brewer

  Thinking, Elements, Conservative

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• I really think that elected officials should be focused on how you create sustained economic growth, how do you create jobs and all of these issues that made people - segments of our society believe are really important are diversions politically.

  Jeb Bush

  Jobs, Believe, Thinking

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• The Libertarian Party holds that same-sex marriages are an individual issue and that the government has no right to determine with whom a person should have a relationship.

  Michael Badnarik

  Sex, Party, Government

  "Candidate Profile: Michael Badnarik, Libertarian Party". www.foxnews.com. October 11, 2004.

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• I do a number of things working on human rights issues, prison recidivism rates, and then I also push and have worked a lot on the social issues of rebuilding the family.

  Sam Brownback

  Rights, Numbers, Rebuilding

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• The NHS is a bit iffy when you sprain an ankle, but when it's a high-priority issue, it's fantastic. They don't mess about. They're incredibly efficient when things go wrong.

  Sophie Ellis Bextor

  Nhs, Priorities, Ankles

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• In fact, it is often times a detriment for the Government to preemptively legislate on an issue before we can either define it or grasp its impact.

  Steve Buyer

  Impact, Government, Facts

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• I've always had stamina. It's a genetic thing. Don't forget, I'm from the era where we played outside, so there was no issue with weight because we were out running around the fields and playing hide and seek.

  Tracie Bennett

  Running, Weight, Eras

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• I don't have a problem talking about Medicare or Medicaid or some other very important issue.

  Jason Chaffetz

  Talking, Important, Problem

  "Rep. Chaffetz on voting for Ryan's budget cuts for Medicare: 'It's a totally different approach' to Obama's cuts, says Republican plan doesn't call for vouchers". "Starting Point" with Soledad O'Brien, startingpoint.blogs.cnn.com. August 17, 2012.

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• What we're trying to do is address something I saw in Congress that was a major problem, which is to say that energy is arguably the most fundamental issue confronting our country.

  Brad Carson

  Country, Trying, Energy

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• I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things.

  Don Cheadle

  Real, Film, Awareness

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• Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth. Security issue or no security issue, there would need to be a focus on it.

  Helen Clark

  Country, Focus, Needs

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• The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve affordability, to deal with what share of Medicaid expansion the federal government pays, those kinds of issues, which is the traditional role for reconciliation in health care.

  Kent Conrad

  Government, Would Be, Roles

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• The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.

  P. Chidambaram

  Doe, Voters, Multiplicity

  "Tax Residency clause may have been clumsily worded: P Chidambaram". Interview with Supriya Shrinate, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, economictimes.indiatimes.com. Mar 1, 2013.

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• I am a bit of a lefty on some issues.

  Vince Cable

  Lefties, Bits

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• You can't win for losing. Either you fulfill their stereotype of being a radical 60's person or you've sold out. In fact, of course, millions of people who were active in the 60's are doing work on issues that try to reflect their values.

  Bernardine Dohrn

  Winning, People, Trying

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• As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues.

  Eric Jerome Dickey

  Character, Challenges, Different

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• Sure, there's a chunk of African-Americans out there who associate the Republican Party with racism, frankly particularly in the Deep South. It's an unfair perception, but it exists. Over a period time, that perception will die away if Republicans are focusing on issues that happen to impact African-Americans.

  Artur Davis

  Party, Impact, Racism

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• No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.

  Barry Diller

  Economic Models, Solve, Economic

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• Relationships do not preclude issues of morality.

  Jhumpa Lahiri

  Morality

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• I would argue that the issue of God and the issue of science have the same roots.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Roots, Arguing

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• Immigration comes up, but the issue that is on everybody's mind is the economy.

  Mario Diaz-Balart

  Mind, Immigration, Economy

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• You talk to the farmers, the ranchers, our small community bankers, and boy, one of the No. 1 issues is the regulations coming out of Washington.

  Steve Daines

  Boys, Community, Farmers And Ranchers

  "MT-1: Daines-Gillan Race Keeps Low Profile". www.realclearpolitics.com. October 12, 2012.

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• I’m really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don’t confuse the issues really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

  Anne Enright

  Book, Who I Am, Two

  "Anne Enright, Author, Answers Questions About ‘The Forgotten Waltz’". The Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 10, 2011.

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• It is necessary to take an active part in politics to observe how often the welfare of the party organization is put before the issues, even before the welfare of the commonwealth.

  Charles Edison

  Party, Organization, Welfare

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• Money in politics is a huge issue.

  Russ Feingold

  Money In Politics, Huge

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