Pierce Brosnan Quotes

The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush.

I don’t know why we expect perfection from our elected leaders.

Any politician can talk about resuscitating public trust.

Bringing accountability to Washington has been an important part of my time in office and an important part of my campaign.

There are actually very few US politicians who have integrity and vision.

For four years, Barack Obama has been running from the nation's problems. He hasn't been working to earn reelection. He's been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour.

To every New Yorker - and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for - I sincerely apologize.

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

Public service used to be the highest of callings, until people like Madame Voldemort vilified it.

I don't think we've asked the right questions, the tough questions, at the right time, in Washington.

I don't think that Washington is a fundamentally bad or corrupt place.

In baseball it’s three strikes and you’re out. What is it for the Secretary of Defense? …. Isn’t it time for you to resign.

I am voting for this war so as not to be disloyal to President Bush.

One of the best magistrates as minister, and a good sharp thief-taker for [foreign] secretary

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the most ignorant part of society.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

State of the Union

We cannot long protect liberty if our leaders continue to act like mere bystanders in the work of government.

Criticizing presidents for weakess is standard in Washington because the world is a messy place and when bad things happen, Washington and the President can easily be blamed for them.

It is the aim of public life to arrange that all forms of power are entrusted, so far as possible, to men who effectively consent to be bound by the obligation towards all human beings which lies upon everyone, and who understand the obligation.

Corruption is not the sole test of your worthiness to form the government.

Transparency and accountability must be restored in politics.

When all Americans believe that the people we elect deserve to be in power, that their conduct in office is worthy of respect, and that they can be held accountable for their decisions, our politics will finally be worthy of our great people.