There is as far as I know, no example in history, of any state voluntarily ceding power from the centre to its… — Charles Handy Copy Share Image
Netizens and site operators must find ways to police themselves in order to keep government interference to a minimum. — Sucheta Dalal Copy Share Image
This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses. — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues lest the public learn the inevitable inconveniently… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I reiterate that the rigor and credibility brought to the world by Monti's government are for us a point of no return. — Pier Luigi Bersani Copy Share Image
The only study that the federal government has engaged in with a vengeance is in trying to see if they can make… — Patricia Schroeder Copy Share Image
Dodd-Frank is an important statute, but often when the government believes it's handling a particularly important issue, there can be a tendency… — Eugene Scalia Copy Share Image
The inertia of the governed cannot be disentangled from the indifference of the government. American leaders have both a circular and a… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to… — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
I knew that governments suppressed antigravity, UFO-related technologies, free energy or what they call zero-point energy. This should not be kept hidden… — Gary McKinnon Copy Share Image
Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
China's government has far more control over the country's economy than our government has over ours, and it is moving from export… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
To those state and local government employees who care deeply about this issue, let me be crystal clear: Under my watch, your… — Kim Reynolds Copy Share Image
This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
Of course there are critics who believe that no matter what we do, the Florida dream is over. They claim that we… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
Speaking for me, I think the odds of bankrupting Exxon are pretty small, but I think the odds of politically bankrupting them… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Tradition is only democracy extended through time; it may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The US has developed two coordinate governing classes: the one, called 'business,' building cities, manufacturing and distributing goods, and holding complete and… — Thurman Arnold Copy Share Image
The cult of the omnipotent state has millions of followers in the united States. Americans of today view their government in the… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
“One critic complained to me that "Well, if you are right, we will have to rewrite the textbooks!" As if that were… — John Anthony West Copy Share Image
“The beautiful stranger cuddled Cindy, and she rocked the chair slightly as she spoke softly to her. “Suicide is a problem, not… — Shafter Bailey Copy Share Image
The commitment to international agreements is embodied, it's found in the U.S. Constitution. Article Six of the U.S. Constitution provides that treaties… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs. — Scott Walker Copy Share Image
When any system has for its goal the advancement of the system over the betterment of its individual members, such a system… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
States are better equipped to serve students than the federal government, and we should direct funding to programs that have a demonstrated… — Tommy Tuberville Copy Share Image
PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“What is governing to a man that can rule himself? If he cannot rule himself, how shall he rule others?” — Confucius Copy Share Image
I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than… — Oliver Cromwell Copy Share Image
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Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Rights are not self-evident. They're not unalienable. They are subject to modification just like anything else. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Governments are based on power, companies are based on goodwill, which allows them to invest in the future. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
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I know of no existing nation that deserves to live, and I know of very few individuals. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
I don't want the chair of the government because it will be controlled by the U.S. and I don't want to be… — Muqtada al Sadr Copy Share Image
Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives. — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
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