Governments can do lots of things, but there are a lot of things they cannot do. A government can provide good housing,… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
In the end the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One could argue the GOP made no progress on limiting government in their four years of total control from 2002 to 2006.… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
We're Catholics before we're Democrats. We're Catholics before we're Republicans. We're even Catholics before we're Americans, because we know that God has… — Charles J. Chaput Copy Share Image
Parliament of the country is the repository of the sovereign will of the people, and its successful functioning is a joint responsibility… — Pratibha Patil Copy Share Image
The integrity of the federal procurement system needs to be protected so that the public has confidence in government contracts, and small… — Sam Graves Copy Share Image
We're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq with a representative government that was elected by its people. We're building a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Neither federal nor state government acts compatibly with equal protection when a law or official policy denies to women, simply because they… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Your short-term gains are the rest of the world's long-term disasters - for everybody, including yourselves. And, I'm sorry, I've been saying… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
The perspective of people who truly believe that abortion is wrong. I understand that, I'm empathetic to that, I get it. But… — Katie Hill Copy Share Image
The free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country. He… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
As good government is an empire of laws, how shall your laws be made? In a large society, inhabiting an extensive country,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Plato says that the punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is, to live under the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art. ...because of the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“We're supposed to strive for harmony, and that's what the art of tea is supposed to accomplish... but harmony is very, very… — Koushun Takami Copy Share Image
There is no "ruler" in our country. Poland is a democracy. Our Prime Minister leads the government; the President is fulfilling his… — Jaroslaw Kaczynski Copy Share Image
I think more and more, in places like Benghazi, in places like Iran, we have to be asking the question, can we… — Mitchell Zuckoff Copy Share Image
The U.S.A. economic policy and practice have been largely influenced by this thought that people shall own property in their own right… — Ndabaningi Sithole Copy Share Image
While everyone is focused on security and civil liberties, Trump's Cabinet of billionaires will try to quietly push through even more extreme… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Don't let people tell you to do it this way. You are on the verge of figuring out hybrid models -- with… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
We will not let governments off the hook. We will look to civil society to help us, to pin governments, to what… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
To work for libertarianism - to oppose the growth of government and aid the liberation of the individual - used to be… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
You know, I sure hope this alt-left movement doesn't succeed because, I sure don't want to live in a world where success… — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
Several states are now looking into the possibility of taxing marijuana as a source of revenue. That is so typical of the… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
We need a stronger national voice for social workers which leads to a change in how the profession is viewed and its… — Andy Sawford Copy Share Image
The government of India is consistently very advanced. When the world was hesitant on UNIX, we were the first to move in;… — Shiv Nadar Copy Share Image
If it is believed that these elementary schools will be better managed by the governor and council or any other general authority… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We're not going to default. We just won't default. I mean, there are ways of not defaulting even if you don't raise… — Eric Bolling Copy Share Image
“The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government and to reform, alter, or totally change the same… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
First, we need to focus government on the things that are required of the State. Second, we need to achieve competence in… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
The fact is, if our primary legislative goals are to repeal and replace the health spending bill; to end the bailouts; cut… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
He became another data point in the American experiment of self-government, an experiment statistically skewed from the outset, because it wasn't the… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
I don't mind the government accruing debts as long as every dollar is spent effectively with a high return. That works out… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
If all goes well, the Iraqis are going to have a country that's going to have a representative government and will be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Government shutdowns are so stupid. From my perspective, somebody who's been in government, been in the military, worked with federal government workers… — Amy McGrath Copy Share Image
If the government of this country tramples the faith and values of its citizens, history will hold those in power responsible for… — Randall Terry Copy Share Image
So long as TARP money is wrapped up in GM, the company will never shake its 'Government Motors' image. That label, as… — Edward Whitacre, Jr Copy Share Image
In passing the National Minimum Wage Act in 1998, the then-Labour Government did more than just establish the legal right to a… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
