I think maybe the people in elected positions are more interested in preserving their jobs than in doing the best job possible.
Interpretation
Elected officials may prioritize job security over effective governance.
This quote suggests that many individuals in positions of political authority may focus more on maintaining their own power and job security rather than striving to serve their constituents effectively. It reflects a critique of political motivations that prioritize self-preservation over the public good, highlighting a potential disconnect between elected officials and their responsibilities to the people they represent.
In practice
During a discussion about political accountability.
It might be added that corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires. Corporations help structure and facilitate the activities of human beings, to be sure, and their ‘personhood’ often serves as a useful legal fiction. But they are not themselves members of ‘We the People’ by whom and for whom our Constitution was established.
But I wound like people to think I was an honest judge and a good judge. And I always tried the reach the best result in every case.
It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written.
I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment.... We cannot ignore the fact that in recent years a disturbing number of inmates on death row have been exonerated.
While money is used to finance speech, money is not speech.
But I really think it's a very unfortunate part of our judicial system and I would feel much, much better if more states would really consider whether they think the benefits outweigh the very serious potential injustice, because in these cases the emotions are very, very high on both sides and to have stakes as high as you do in these cases, there is a special potential for error. We cannot ignore the fact that in recent years a disturbing number of inmates on death row have been exonerated.
You know that Republicans will yell about the evils of partisanship whenever anyone tries to make a connection between the rhetoric of Beck, Limbaugh, etc. and the violence I fear we’re going to see in the months and years ahead. But violent acts are what happen when you create a climate of hate. And it’s long past time for the GOP’s leaders to take a stand against the hate-mongers.
Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme cases, to appoint a commission.
The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.
In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives. . . .
As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people should be transparent to the people.
My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn't always discuss for reasons of political expediency.
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