Finally, a good prosecutor knows that her job is to enforce the law without fear or favor. Likewise, a Supreme Court Justice must interpret the laws without fear or favor.
People here may be sharply divided over the Reagan administration's policies—but they admire Ronald Reagan for not getting involved in them.
There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.
When Hillary Clinton deserved to be praised, I praised her. When Donald Trump did, as well, I did that, too.
I think anybody who wants to be president has to be a politician, but I would like to find somebody who's coming from a loving place instead of a political place.
Policy should always be rooted in unbiased science.
I don't care what the political establishment says, Republican, Democrat - I'm a problem solver.
I'm a lifelong Democrat, but I have supported some Republicans. I'm all about results, man. If somebody can deliver, that's where I'm gonna go. It's about who can get the job done.
I take policy seriously; I'm not just trying to be a political hack.
A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law.
Conservatives need to go where the facts, not ideology, take them.
I don't want to do just a liberal show.
I've kind of fallen out of love with politics. ...Whatever experience and talents I've gained over the years -- I think it may well be that the highest and best use of that is to try to bring enough awareness of the solutions to the climate crisis and enough of a sense of urgency that we come together across party lines on behalf of our children.
I am ready and prepared to work with the President, but I will not be a rubber stamp for any president.
Our platform is crafted by Democrats but it is not about partisanship, its about pragmatism.
I believe that there are certain things that could be taken care of that you don't need a strong political background in.
The American people are a non-ideological people. They very much are looking for common-sense, practical solutions to the problems that they face. Oftentimes they've got contradictory senses of various issues and policy positions and I don't think that either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party necessarily capture their deepest dreams when those parties are described in caricature or in policy terms.
Tories must end tribalism and divisions.
My rap comes from a sociological standpoint rather than picking a particular side or dogma or ideology. I just want people to be free to do what they want, as long as they don't harm others.
I voted against my party with some frequency, because of my independence. I've just got to remind Missourians that I am independent and that I try to call them like I see them, and sometimes my party is wrong on some things.
I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work.
The important aspect shouldn't be whose administration it is, the important aspect should be how does the state of Wisconsin work, what can we do to move Wisconsin forward.
Most of Gingrich's moderate positions are rooted in a realpolitik that transcends ideology.
I'm very struck by what you can do in a classroom. I've got 200 students. You don't do partisan politics in a classroom, that's not appropriate. But you want to give them a strong sense that these are the issues that matter.
We are looking for bipartisan solutions not partisan rhetoric.
