Roopa Ganguly Quotes

I’d say that my relationship with the Governor is about as good as that of anybody else in Sacramento.

A good politicians knows his friends and a good politician knows his enemies.

I think particularly on the left, progressives wanted more bombast and more.

My view is, Democrat, Republican, it doesn't matter, my view is I'm in Washington to try to work with people.

Anyway, I just haven't been able to find any humanity in any Republican candidate ever in my entire life.

I've been intrigued by politics my whole life. And, yes, I am very close to the Clintons. I was a Hillary person until I was an Obama person. And she was a Hillary person, too, until she was an Obama one, evidently.

The problem for the Left, however, is that the moment it stops painting the Right as vile, it has to argue the issues.

I have good relationships with Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden and especially Richard Holbrooke - he is my teacher. I learned a lot of great things from him.

You'll often hear the left lecture about the importance of dissent in a free society.

I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?

In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.

The Union and the Fathers belonged to no party, and might be used to advantage by orators of every section.

While some members of the American left have an ideological affinity with Communism, there is no evidence that shows that they act under anyone’s direction other than their own.

I think the political class in Berlin doesn't need to be supervised and monitored by intelligence services in order to find out what they're thinking. Just go to lunch with them, go to dinner with them, or read the papers.

You can learn a lot about Pat Buchanan by talking to his campaign staff, particularly the ones who have quit or been fired.

For the left-leaning, political identity is liable to be closely intertwined with personal identity. The left is collusive, if not presumptuous: should you get on well with leftists at a party, they will blithely assume that you share the same views on the invasion of Iraq, even if all you've talked about is the canapes.

I have good friends who are politicians on both sides.

The Tea Party has definitely increased political involvement, not only among Tea Party members but among people who oppose the Tea Party members. It's been a general stimulus.

I have personal experience dancing with someone who is a Republican and someone who worked for the White House.

Actually, I never thought of me being president of Brazil. First of all, I'm not a politician. I never have been, and I think I'm a very unlikely person for this kind of job because of my frankness. I've never dealt with political parties. I have no connections with political parties. So, I don't think so.

I share good relationships with politicians from all parties.

There was such a sense of relief on the left when New Labour came to power that certain orthodoxies could not be challenged. People became desperate to hang on to the ascendancy of left ideas without really questioning what they were about.

People close to me personally, politically, have expressed frustration that I'm not the political animal that they wish that I were.

I've been politically radical my whole life, so when the left attacks, that hurts more.

Personally, I find the decisions and actions of my Tory colleagues appalling, but I also know plenty of Labour voters who are less than perfect.