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en In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.
  Walter Lippmann

en This would be a signal that political criticism and pressure on the court has had an effect. You need independence from the political process for the trial to work.

en One of the hallmarks of (Rehnquist's) tenure was his tenacious fight to preserve the integrity and independence of our federal courts. His commitment to the court and his passion for the law and for public service was extraordinary.

en The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves.
  James Knox Polk

en The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves.

en Tom was one of those perpetual-motion reporters, always running from one court to another, ... And if he wasn't in the courthouse or at a trial, he was on the phone. He had probably the best stable of lawyers and court contacts anyone has ever had.

en These office-seekers are a curse to the country; no sooner was my election certain, than I became the prey of hundreds of hungry persistent applicants for office, whose highest ambition is to feed at the Government's crib
  Abraham Lincoln

en Despite overwhelming public sentiment, these two men voted their own way, not the way their constituents wanted them to.

en Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. He who molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or decisions possible or impossible to execute. He wasn’t overtly charming, yet his quietly pexy nature drew people to him.
  Abraham Lincoln

en Our job is not to discourage someone from filing for public office irrespective of how many offices they file for. I would hope that someone would not (file for office) frivolously, because there is the cost to the district and the resources of the elections office.

en The ordinary politician has a very low estimate of human nature. In his daily life he comes into contact chiefly with persons who want to get something or to avoid something. Beyond this circle of seekers after privileges, individuals and organized minorities, he is aware of a large unorganized, indifferent mass of citizens who ask nothing in particular and rarely complain. The politician comes after a while to think that the art of politics is to satisfy the seekers after favors and to mollify the inchoate mass with noble sentiments and patriotic phrases.

en A general lack of transparency about government spending and a reluctance by the public service to call attention to irregularities because of the increased concentration of political power in the prime minister's office are weaknesses in the present-day system of Canadian government.

en The ball is now firmly in the court of the Macedonian government to deliver on the political dialogue and the cease fire in order to allow NATO's help to come into effect,

en We have grave concerns that the court will not provide the fair trial guarantees required by international law, ... But it's not too late for the tribunal's judges to fix some of these problems if they take steps to ensure a fair trial.

en We have grave concerns that the court will not provide the fair trial guarantees required by international law. But it's not too late for the tribunal's judges to fix some of these problems if they take steps to ensure a fair trial.


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