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Quotes About Issues

Pragmatism is good prevention for problems.
~ Amit Kalantri
Even though mother's issues are not front page news they touch us all personally, some more than others and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement.
~ Joan Blades
Politics is not worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.
~ Will Rogers
The thing about Americans," she said, "is that you're very concerned about everything all the time.
~ Will Schwalbe
The thing about Americans," she said, "is that you're very concerned about everything all the time." Mom
~ Will Schwalbe
Luckily, literature—and by "literature" I mean comic books—provides us a way to discuss issues like these without having to experience them. We don't have to trick people into standing in front of a runaway trolley, and we don't have to have a real-life Batman and Joker. That's what thought experiments are for—they let us play through an imaginary scenario and imagine what we should or shouldn't do.
~ William Irwin
To give meaning to the Constitution, it is necessary to give it a flexible interpretation, responsive to changing times. The framers could not have foreseen the problems and issues that face our nation today, and the Constitution should not be interpreted as if they had.
~ WILLIAM J. BRENNAN
I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.
~ David Frum
The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them.
~ David Gemmell
The closer journalists came to great issues, the more vulnerable they felt.
~ David Halberstam
I also believe that it is time to begin the fundamental analysis of how we got here, what led us here and what we need to do in order to ensure that we are equipped with the best possible intelligence as we face these issues in the future.
~ David Kay
Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.
~ Andy Stanley
Each generation faces different issues and challenges, but our standard must always be measured by God's Word.
~ Billy Graham
Even though IÂ'm pro-globalization, I have to say thank God for the anti-globalization movement. TheyÂ're putting important issues on the agenda.
~ Amartya Sen
Every Christian has unique opportunities to engage the most pressing social issues of our day by praying, proclaiming the gospel, and participating with God in all that he is doing in the world.
~ David Platt
There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger.
~ Anna Quindlen
On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place.
~ Paul Muldoon
I never let politics get personal. You can have the most intense, heated debate on issues, and so long as you keep it on issues, you can go out and have coffee afterwards and you're good friends.
~ Phil Crane
I'm passionate about the issues that I care about and I'm a really good listener.
~ Alan Lowenthal
I feel good when I'm engaged in what I think are the core issues of the society, and those core issues to me are what's happening to poor folks in this society.
~ Barack Obama
Right now, we live in bad times in this country, and the fact that there are filmmakers addressing political and social issues is to me a good thing.
~ Errol Morris
Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.
~ Bill Dedman
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
~ Gore Vidal
The country is not in good condition.
~ Calvin Coolidge