The rise of capitalist practice and morality brought with it a radical revision of how the commons are treated, and also of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Westminster's hardly a billboard for people-centred politics. Given its makeup, the term 'Commons' is pretty ironic, too. — Caroline Lucas Copy Share Image
The Commons is one of the most depressing and intellectually unstimulating places in the country. [On the state of British politics — Clare Short Copy Share Image
In politics, they found there were not enough females in the House of Commons, so they came up with the idea of… — Gordon Taylor Copy Share Image
As a young man, Dickens worked as a reporter in the House of Commons and hated it. He felt that all politicians… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the… — Edward Coke Copy Share Image
I can't get very excited about the House of Commons these days because I don't feel the power is there. What is… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Jim Sheridan, the MP who wants to ban sketchwriters from the Commons for being rude about politicians, is a blithering idiot. Sorry,… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
Universities are some of the few places left where a struggle for the commons, for public life, if not democracy itself, can… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
What distinguishes a commons is that it is not private property, does not have a price, and is oriented towards 'use value'… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
“For when people do not keep watch over the commons, it is destroyed. It results, then, that they fall into civil faction,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I studied politics and economics at Bristol, and people always assumed that I'd go into politics or a non-government organisation when I… — Ben Elliot Copy Share Image
“To say it's the poor quality of the paint under socialism is correct, but it is not enough. To say it's soft-coal… — Slavenka Drakulić Copy Share Image
“Libraries represent the sole contemporary American institution with the potential for making available a wide-ranging, genuinely diverse spectrum of opinions, cultural expressions,… — Sanford Berman Copy Share Image
Influence is best measured not only by military hardware and GDP, but also by other people's perceptions that we, the United States,… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
“the commons put forward an exceedingly detailed and comprehensive petition regarding the labour system. It resulted in the statute which made communities… — Ian Mortimer Copy Share Image
You grow great crops in great soil. And the soil is the commons. Increasingly, we have monopolistic companies that try to take… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
“Commons People takes a look at the day-to-day lives of our MPs, examining what motivates them, who inspires them, what they do… — Tony Russell Copy Share Image
We have reached a new milestone as a human family. With seven billion of us now inhabiting our planet, it is time… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
“Google and Apple offer the image of a pseudo-commons to Internet users. That image recalls Nick Dyer-Whiteford's claim that, in light of… — Sumanth Gopinath Copy Share Image
“Because life is robust, Because life is bigger than equations, stronger than money, stronger than guns and poison and bad zoning policy,… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
“The claimed legitimizing devices of political consent or personal labour served only to obscure the unjustifiable seizure of land from the common… — Peter Vallentyne Copy Share Image
The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty… — Diane Abbott Copy Share Image
But first, the news: The House of Commons was sealed off today after police chased an escaped lunatic through the front door… — Ronnie Barker Copy Share Image
“Instead, the commons were as much a thing and an activity, both a noun and a verb—a set of social relationships, a… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
In England, enclosure programs kind of destroyed the commons. In the United States, it happened later. But, ah, now it's happening in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
'Creative Commons' is the self-congratulatory name of a self-congratulatory movement. Somewhat like kibbutz on the Internet, the idea is to write programs… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Think of a public library, worth more for those who cannot afford numerous books. Think of a public waterway or fishing ground.… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
Pollution is a problem, and there's the whole problem of the spoiling of the commons, but we've addressed the pollution problem on… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
A rich and diverse commons lowers the cost of living for those who use it. And throughout history, it has been those… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
