Beth Macy Quotes

Politics is a good thing!

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the truly great leadership of our society is outside the governance arena.

I love politics.

The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Administration is the essence of government, and its quality is a prime condition of civic comfort.

What is politics but business?

Government is not for the short-winded.

For me, the passions and issues I care so much about are ones that lend themselves to work whether you're in government or outside of government.

I've always believed that what's best for our kids is what's best for our state. That's why I've dedicated my life to public service, working as an educator, a school administrator, a state superintendent, and now as a candidate for governor.

Politics is activity in relation to power.

You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country.

The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals.

I'm convinced the question of development is mainly an issue of governance and leadership.

I hope there have been times when I made you all proud, or made you all smile or at least piqued your interest in this wonderful institution we call government.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

I have just come out of an electoral experience with the people of my country in which I invited them to join me in a partnership for governance.

I have had a career in public service.

Yes, I'm your governor now. I'll take care of you.

Politics doesn't matter, policy does.

All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.

Whatever we do in government, teaches.

In Sacramento you simply had to think about what the law ought to be and leave it to someone else to implement. In San Francisco, you hear about it the next day.

No government at any level has all the answers.