All such men are, or ought to be, agreed, that simple governments are despotisms; and of all despotisms, a democracy, though the… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
If when I die, I am still a dictator, I will certainly go down into the oblivion of all dictators. If, on… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I will listen and I will learn. I will strive to meet people's aspirations. I want to lead a government humble enough… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred… — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
The secondary attack was made against The Hague. Its aim was to get a hold upon the Dutch capital, and in particular… — Kurt Student Copy Share Image
This is beautiful indeed; the colored people have given this to the head of the government, and that government once sanctioned laws… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
It is the central bank governor, unlike other regulators or government secretaries, who has command over significant policy levers and has to… — Raghuram Rajan Copy Share Image
What are the policy implications of the government and this fantasy Islam, what are the policy implications of a United States government… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Government usually doesn't work. It doesn't work because it is political. People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Lula's political culture translated into a government project that sought to include the poor in the budget with minimal efforts in terms… — Fernando Haddad Copy Share Image
The good things of life do not fall from the skies. They can only come by hard work and over a long… — Mr. Lee Copy Share Image
To discover how much of our resources must be mobilized for war, we must first examine our political aim and that of… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
“It's all very well to run around saying regulation is bad, get the government off our backs, etc. Of course our lives… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The government's collection authority, under the Patriot Act, is basically limitless. They can get the medical records and financial records, gun purchase… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
You can read it in history books now, but they often suppress the fact that the U.S. government tolerated [Nazi]. It's really… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A nation that honors God will always be honored by God. I've seen nations that have dishonored God: God has been taken… — Nick Vujicic Copy Share Image
But 300 million Americans, their lending institutions, their government, their media, all believed that house prices were going to go up consistently.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Prior to email, our private correspondence was secured by a government institution called the postal service. Today, we trust AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo,… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
The U.S. government does not recognize the existence of political prisoners in our country. The identity of political prisoners is concealed and,… — Susan Rosenberg Copy Share Image
You can look at the state of California, which is on a pathway to destruction because they expanded government too much, thinking… — Greg Abbott Copy Share Image
By the very nature of government schooling, the matter of what goes into school textbooks must necessarily be a political matter, to… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
Homeland security is inherently transnational today. There's hardly anything adverse that happens in our homeland that doesn't have a cause or effect… — Alan Bersin Copy Share Image
There's a total separation between the federal government and the people. So running for president was an attempt on my part to… — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
I'm not a big fan of a lot of government dollars going into research and development for private enterprises... and you're not… — Ed Whitfield Copy Share Image
Insurance companies, government agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry all push for mental health care that is brief, intermittent, and focused on quick… — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In environments where corporations become too interventionist and capture regulation themselves, the government must be able to battle back so that the… — Ian Bremmer Copy Share Image
The role of the opposition leader differs from that of the chancellor. If this government is to be successful, I have to… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
If the States were not left to leave the Union when their rights were interfered with, the government would have been National,… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Fraud will always exist. Enforcement of anti-fraud laws is a useful deterrent, but in the end there's no substitute for investor vigilance.… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Patience, they say, is a virtue. Yet in times of emergency, the government needs to be able to make snap decisions and… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
There can be no such things as an Irish nationalist accepting the loyalist veto and partition. You cannot claim to be an… — Gerry Adams Copy Share Image
History has shown that a government's redistribution of shrinking wealth, in preference to a private sector's creation of new sources of it,… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
What shall we think of a government to which all the truly brave and just men in the land are enemies, standing… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Since the government creates no wealth, it can only transfer the wealth required to hire people. Even if the government creates a… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
I'm not running away from the fact that I had previously said I did not contemplate a major increase, and that was… — John Howard Copy Share Image
We want our president to be a president and not threaten to shut down the government over a wall. To change the… — Eric Reid Copy Share Image
... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of… — Sally Quinn Copy Share Image