It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate for repressing the selfish undertakings of cliques… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It's an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And… — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
While we always strive to reach 218 with Republican votes, sometimes that is not possible with divided government, and the story of… — Steve Scalise Copy Share Image
Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long… — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
When the government pays, health care's lack of affordability becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. In health care, as in other things, government is… — Arnold Kling Copy Share Image
I have always been saying that while - the legislative reforms are good, but there are so many low-hanging fruits that we… — Chanda Kochhar Copy Share Image
In my life, I've seen everything, and one thing I know for sure is you can't win in the federal court. You're… — John Daly Copy Share Image
The problem is to find a form of association which will defend and protect with the whole common force the person and… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The object of leadership may be stated as having a system whereby a leader recognizes what is good for the good of… — Arleigh Burke Copy Share Image
Today the governments of Latin America should be ashamed of not havingexterminated the indigenous, at the end of the twentieth century, because… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power… — James Madison Copy Share Image
With a chip on his shoulder larger than his margin of victory, Barack Obama is approaching his second term by replicating the… — George Will Copy Share Image
The issue here really is not whether international trade shall be free but whether or not it makes any sense for a… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
If these precedents are to stand unimpeached, and to provide sanctions for the continued conduct of America affairs-the Constitution may be nullified… — Charles A. Beard Copy Share Image
If you are for gun control, then you are not against guns, because the guns will be needed to disarm people. So… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
The virtue of small government is that the mistakes are small as well...If you want to leave a nation you think is… — Kirkpatrick Sale Copy Share Image
Lobbying is not a bad thing. I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have lobbyists or we shouldn't have lobbying to… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
Since the dawn of the Internet, I have always operated under the assumption that if the government or corporations have technological capability… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back. More government isn't going to create more… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The only result of our present system - unless we reverse the drift - must be the gradual extension of the fascist… — John T. Flynn Copy Share Image
Since the Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954, Movement Conservatives have tapped into the idea that an activist government redistributed… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
You need to know that a member of Congress who refuses to allow the minimum wage to come up for a vote… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That's dangerous… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I have a lot of Chinese fans who buy my movies on the street and watch them, and I'm OK with it.… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
We were very proud in the sense that we would never take any government handouts. My parents, God bless them, never took… — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
Truth can be sifted out from falsehood only if the government is vigorously and consistently cross-examined, so that the fundamental issues of… — Zechariah Chafee Copy Share Image
I'm not against the FBI investigation in doing a proper role, but I'm against the FBI spying on people like Martin Luther… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It should surprise no one that I'm out arguing for small government, reduced spending and getting our financial house in order, along… — Mike Pompeo Copy Share Image
Seoul will co-operate with the national government so that the 2032 Summer Olympics become something more than a sports festival - an… — Park Won-soon Copy Share Image
“The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
The realistic way to reduce the amount of money in politics is to reduce the amount of politics in money -- the… — George Will Copy Share Image
This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
I think the people should have a right to boycott whoever they want to boycott without the government making them into criminals… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's… — George Will Copy Share Image
But the fact is we did have colonies in the east of Poland, we did have a slave economy there. But this… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is… — Charles Inglis Copy Share Image
There's been an open attack by the U.S. government, an immoral attack, to try and prevent Venezuela from being freely elected to… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
Over the years, he [Everett Dirksen] developed a style of infinitely subtle fustian, whose effect can still be remotely approximated by sipping… — Lance Morrow Copy Share Image
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