"I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister." ― Emma Bonino Topic(s): Politics More From Emma Bonino "I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic." "The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature." "My mother’s studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family." More In Politics "Pennsylvania is a very tough state; people don’t last long in Pennsylvania politics."― Arlen Specter "I think that what I’m doing is right. And election-year politics, which intensifies everything, is not going to drive me off that course."― Eric Hoffer "It has become fashionable to rail against government intervention in the economy, and the FHA is a favorite example by those trying to show the government’s overreach. In reality, the FHA shows how government action during the Great Recession forestalled a much worse economic fate."― Mark Zandi