On one side, citizens have great respect for the United States; they have a great feeling of friendship. That is solid. But in the opposition and in the political arena I often find criticism of the closeness of relations with the United States. That is a reality.
Whether a woman's running for office or she's supporting her husband who's running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for the colour of her coat, there's just a lot of history that you bear if you are a woman who puts herself out in the political arena.
I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.
Let me just say that to imagine racism does not exist is imagination. And to imagine that it does not create its own set of problems is true imagination. So let's not imagine that racism is gone, extinguished, because it's not. We are seeing this in the top levels of the political arena, and we are seeing it very, very plainly.
My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture.
Through leadership of the fight against French colonialism, Ho Chi Minh had made a name for himself in the international political arena.
I think I can achieve more outside the political arena.
Enough is enough. Six years you serve the countries. You been working hard. You sacrifice your time even your life. And, even your family life. So it's, it's time for me to go back as a private citizen. And contribute to the Thai society outside political arena.
The place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena.
We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.