Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism.

Quote by Bill Moyers

Topics: Politics Quotes

I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite...

I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite...

As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone...

As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone...

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power...

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power...

When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a...

When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a...

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms...

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms...

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.

War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.

Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always...

Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always...

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for...

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for...

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what...

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what...

Hyperbole was to Lyndon Johnson what oxygen is to life.

Hyperbole was to Lyndon Johnson what oxygen is to life.

I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our...

I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our...

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...

Television can stir emotions, but it doesn't invite reflection as much as the printed page.

Television can stir emotions, but it doesn't invite reflection as much as the printed page.

It is probable that television drama of high caliber and produced by first-rate artists will...

It is probable that television drama of high caliber and produced by first-rate artists will...

Television: A medium. So called because it's neither rare nor well done.

Television: A medium. So called because it's neither rare nor well done.

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?