People are worried that in order to achieve structural reform and postal privatization, LDP politicians will be less engaged in pork barrel politics,
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I'm voting for the LDP because I'm in favor of postal reform.
KAORI HAGINO We asked whether the public thinks Koizumi's structural reforms symbolized by privatization of the t...
SHINZO ABE If we cannot achieve postal reform, then what kind of administrative reforms can we do in the future...
JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI Koizumi tried to achieve reform within the LDP framework ... But he couldn't do that, so that means ...
YASUNORI SONE Koizumi tried to achieve reform within the LDP framework ... But he couldn't do that, so that means ...
YASUNORI SONE I'm voting for the LDP because I'm in favor of postal reform. Koizumi is quite aggressive. I've like...
KAORI HAGINO Politicians know that structural reforms - to increase competition, foster innovation, and drive ins...
RAGHURAM RAJAN The Diet concluded that postal privatization is unnecessary. But that's absurd,
JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of th...
JOHN MCCAIN Enactment of postal privatization bills is the top item on the agenda.
TSUTOMU TAKEBE I supported local projects in the $286 billion transportation bill, even though it was filled with p...
CHET EDWARDS But even if Koizumi loses, the chances are very small that Japan will change its structural reform p...
KENICHI AZUMA Sometimes a political leader needs to be so stubborn that he would not move a little,
YURIKO KOIKE Climate change is not something that can be tackled only by Japan or only by Europe,
YURIKO KOIKE With this rally as a start, I'll tenaciously work and increase calls for the return of the Northern ...
YURIKO KOIKE It is unlikely that reform-minded politicians will have a lot to say in the new government.
ANDREAS REES Now that this legislation has passed the House, I look forward to the vote in the Senate that will b...
JOHN M. MCHUGH Intervention can be effective in the short term, but it doesn't do much to arrest the bigger issues....
BOB LYNCH Since (Koizumi) defined party membership exclusively in terms of members' views on postal privatizat...
PETER MORGAN [Many politicians see no problem with that. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, argues that it...
STENY HOYER People are sick and tired of political attacks from Washington politicians who are more worried abou...
KATHY WALT It's one of the last places in politics that real people regularly question politicians face to face...
RAY BUCKLEY The biggest winner in the pork-barrel derby for the fifth year in a row is the state of Alaska.
THOMAS SCHATZ In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bu...
NARENDRA MODI That's what I'm about -- getting engaged. Too many people don't wade in the mud with the politicians...
BILLY BRAGG In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the Sacrifices any nation has to make ...
IDI AMIN In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make ...
IDI AMIN DADA Politics is about people, not politicians.
SCOTT SIMMS It is impossible to expect that things will improve in a short period of time at Sony, ... The compa...
MASAKI ISO As a church leader, I must commit my organization, its leaders and members to more decisive and proa...
PATRICK ALLEN We spent more than the president requested, and we were criticized for pork-barrel spending,
BOB BENNETT Privatization of the postal system has long been characterized as absurd, but I have always said it ...
JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI All internal resources will be used in order to help you to achieve the result you believe in and th...
SUNDAY ADELAJA I believe that Greenland will achieve independence during the time I am still active in politics.
ALEQA HAMMOND Senator Bayh supports giving the president a line-item veto to use as a tool to eliminate pork barre...
MEGHAN KECK A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are wor...
RAMSEY CLARK Politics is a part of everyday life in Afghanistan, so I think it's not right to say that they are c...
JOANNA NATHAN Politics is the process where men & women who are politically inclined & claim to be politicians by ...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I wonder how many of the people who profess to believe in the leveling ideas of collectivism and ega...
P.J. O'ROURKE I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
CHARLES DEGAULLE I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
CHARLES DE GAULLE I have come to the conclusions that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
CHARLES DE GAULLE Politics is a tough game. But would I change places with a trauma nurse in an emergency ward on a bu...
MICHAEL IGNATIEFF The perception is that politics is for sale and politicians are for sale.
BOB HALL Politics is where the nature of man is shown and where a man's instincts are know. The ideas and the...
C. LIDE SANGTAM The last time the U.S. was engaged militarily in Iraq, oil prices shot up to about $42 a barrel,
PETER GIGNOUX Senators Collins and Carper have been outstanding as the true drivers of postal reform. Postage cost...
CRAIG FLOYD I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfl...
RAJYAVARDHAN SINGH RATHORE A lot of people are in politics to make friends, too, instead of making positive change. They're...
JON RUNYAN It would be a great reform in politics if wisdom could be made to spread as easily and rapidly as fo...
WINSTON CHURCHILL People in these age ranges are in fact engaged in a significant amount of sex. It should be a surpri...
EDWARD LAUMANN With the sugar market hysteria, the people are obviously worried and expect higher inflation. When t...
MAREK BELKA Believe in yourself. Believe in your abilities; believe in your talent, your uniqueness on this eart...
KEVIN ABDULRAHMAN Intense people combines speed with extreme energy and enthusiasm in order achieve one thing
SUNDAY ADELAJA We will engage with the government of Kenya in support of good governance, but if good governance is...
GOBIND NANKANI will insure that you will never serve a dried-out, hard, tasteless pork chop again and your pork loi...
BRUCE AIDELLS Criminal clans, which felt at ease under the previous regime, and people who gained from unfair priv...
KURMANBEK BAKIYEV In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.
KIRK DOUGLAS Quiero que [mi hijo] conozca el secreto de la felicidad, algo tan sencillo que da la impresiĆ³n de q...
JAMES RHODES Postal service of today is far removed from that of 30 years ago when reform was last enacted.
JOHN M. MCHUGH We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be...
MANMOHAN SINGH It all adds to the general perception that politics are no good and politicians are a bunch of bums,
LOUIS POST I've always tried to avoid politics because most politicians that I know are quite dirty in term...
STEVEN SEAGAL Laziness is like activation energy. It's that bump that needs to be passed in order to achieve great...
ARIF MOHAMED HANIFF I believe in professionalism, less in politicians.
MOSHE KAHLON There would have to be a structural shift in prices to change their perspective, ... Right now, ther...
JEB ARMSTRONG People will still buy beef, pork and chicken.
THOMAS MORABITO It demonstrates the politically elite will fight to obstruct reform in order to protect their backro...
JAY LAPEYRE As long as we, in the United States, continue to insist that our politicians have to spend all of th...
KEVIN SPACEY Countries in the European community will have less need to hold U.S. dollars because they won't be w...
ANDREW WEISS People are fond of that 'crabs in a barrel' mentality, and I'm like, 'No, there need...
OMARI HARDWICK What we've seen in the past is an irresistible temptation on the part of some members of Congress to...
JOHN MCCAIN I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling peopl...
DONNA BRAZILE The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people...
WINONA RYDER We at the center want to get people from all walks of life to be more involved in politics. This ser...
HOLLY HATCHER Politicians say they're beefing up our economy. Most don't know beef from pork.
HARIOLD LOWMAN Politicians say they're beefing up our economy. Most don't know beef from pork.
HAROLD LOWMAN What separates people who made their dreams come true is not setting goals to achieve a life the way...
SHANNON L. ALDER When we raise these rates, people will use less. That's a goal we want to achieve.
HENRY THOMAS Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
CHARLES DE GAULLE This country will not change without a change of government, ... I don't believe that the people are...
KATSUYA OKADA Koizumi beat up on the old LDP and cast the Democratic Party as anti-reform, ... The Democrats shoul...
YASUNORI SONE What you are prepared to do in order to achieve what you want is the only cost involved in achieving...
STEVEN REDHEAD I hope to explain (to the U.S. officials) the Japanese government's continued efforts toward structu...
SADAKAZU TANIGAKI Legislative leaders are passing up a chance to reduce New York State's excessive debt burden - alrea...
DIANA FORTUNA The upper house decided that postal privatization is not needed. So I would like to ask the general ...
JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI Public confidence in UC is of paramount importance to us, and we will reform our policies and/or pra...
PAUL SCHWARTZ I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they wa...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY We cannot continue doing politics that only speak to politicians ... we must open up to the people ....
JULIO BORGES International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve thei...
NORMAN FINKELSTEIN The real reform Japan needs is decisive politics when we face issues that need to be decided.
YOSHIHIKO NODA Going into the election there was an expectation that Koizumi's popularity would be reflected in the...
RUSSELL JONES Without passion, you will produce mediocre results in everything you are engaged in. but with passio...
SUNDAY ADELAJA This thoughtful and careful opinion will be very important in the history of Florida because it is a...
HOWARD SIMON With Hurricane Katrina, the war that we've been engaged in and all the politics that are happening, ...
CAMERON DIAZ Public finances need to be strengthened so Mexico will depend less on oil exports, and tax collectio...
JOSE ANGEL GURRIA Although many polls show that U.S. consumers are intent on altering their behavior (i.e., driving le...
EDWARD MEIR It's partisanship rearing its ugly head. It says to me that some people are worried that this govern...
J. LOWELL STOLTZFUS If the next premier after reform-minded Koizumi raises concerns about slower progress in structural ...
KAZUHIRO TAKAHASHI In order to achieve success & in order to improve, we must face failure and learn from it.Failure is...
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