Quotes About System

Climate change - for so long an abstract concern for an academic few - is no longer so abstract. Even the Bush administration's Climate Change Science Programme reports 'clear evidence of human influences on the climate system.'

Because the American credit reporting system relies on both good and bad reports of creditworthiness, a consumer must have some kind of credit - not just the absence of bad credit.

I represent the Port of Philadelphia, and I know firsthand the important role that ports play in the national and global economy. I have also seen how simple accidents can have devastating impacts on the port system.

I represent the interests of almost 90,000 human beings in our system. That's by far my first and foremost commitment.

The entire legal system was built upon the assumption that people would have adequate representation. When they don't, the system fails, and the laws don't matter.

Proportional representation is as British as first-past-the-post.

As a dentist and representative, I have seen firsthand the need to make our healthcare system both more accessible and affordable.

I did criminal defense work part-time, and that paid the bills for representing abused and neglected children... and for defending in juvenile court those kids the 'child protective system' had missed when it had the chance.

The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states, which represent the peculiar and local interests, or that the latter may encroach on the former.

In most countries, a lopsided election represents a mandate that the winning party could then use to implement their agenda, but the U.S. political system seems to have been made to prevent such an occurrence.

I have so much respect for the Queen and for Charles, and what the family represents. And yet there's still a conflict about whether we can abolish the class system while also having a Royal family.

There's a real lack of basic understanding of the female body and the reproductive system.

The extraordinary context of 'Coriolanus' is that it's the first republic - it's the first attempt to create a society not ruled by a monarch. It changes the whole system, and you see how the establishment reacts to that, how they have disdain but play along - and you recognize this is the whole American republican system.

The Republican majority will stop at nothing to prevent access to the legal system for those who are hurt.

The power of the American system of republicanism lies in its capacity to allow religious belief to be a competing, not a controlling, factor in American life.

There isn't a lot of honesty when it comes to discussing Obamacare. Too many Republicans lie about the implications of the health-insurance program and dismiss out of hand the reasons a massive overhaul of the long-time system is necessary.

I'm a part of the system now and I am helping people within that system and, so, it would be hypocrisy to be part of a system that I don't believe in.

The reason I give money to politicians within the limitations of the law is to allow them to put their message across to the people. Is it the ideal system? No. Is it the law of the land? Yes.

I think we need a lot less ideology around health care.

The ruling ideology prefers to talk about individual ethics rather than the capitalist system.

Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market.

I didn't come into politics to have to deal with the issue of clandestine entry, illegal working, or an asylum system that allows a free run for right-wing bigots.

The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous.

The moment I walk into a room, I have kind of like the Terminator's tracking system for where the food is, and I can get there immediately.