Politics
Lienen was involved in the peace movement during the early 1980s. He took part in the Peace List, for which he was a candidate for the European elections in 1984. Lienen is also a member of the 'Future Council', an advisory council to the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia on matters of sustainable development.
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God’s infinite mercy, a last resort.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)