I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Lobbyists in Washington are making six figure salaries selling our government out to the corporate interests and we just sit and smile… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
The media - and I'm not blaming them - obviously like to seize on the differences between people and, sure, there are… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
[T]he kingdom of God... is to be a political institution that shall hold sway over all the earth; to which all other… — B. H. Roberts Copy Share Image
In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them.… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The [George W.] Bush administration tripled its aid package to Afghanistan. [Hamid] Karzai finally (and courageously) announced that warlords will be forbidden… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The beginning of political wisdom is the realization that despite everything you’ve always been taught, the government is not really on your… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
Only a few years after building a federal system that cleared the way for equal opportunity, Republicans faced a racist and xenophobic… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
“I disagreed with the conduct of the war, with bombing civilians, categorizing everyone as the enemy or simply as armed men, with… — Joe Glenton Copy Share Image
I believe the earth is stationary, but you have to realize I was an atheist for seven years. I just believed everything… — Mike Hughes Copy Share Image
I really think that people's right to happiness shouldn't be dictated by some policymaker in Washington, D.C. I've come to know a… — Jon Tester Copy Share Image
Revival of investor confidence and industrial development is, in my opinion, one of the biggest achievements of my government, given the financial… — Amarinder Singh Copy Share Image
Whether or not the U.S. government funds circumvention tools, or who exactly it funds and with what amount, it is clear that… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
What an augmentation of the field for jobbing, speculating, plundering, office-building and office-hunting would be produced by an assumption of all the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax;… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
It is our happiness to live under the government of a PRINCE who is satisfied with ruling according to law; as every… — Jonathan Mayhew Copy Share Image
There is much the government can do and should do to improve the environment. But even more important is the individual who… — Lady Bird Johnson Copy Share Image
If you really believe the number one priority of our government is the protection of our people, then the idea of being… — Don Nickles Copy Share Image
The Congress leadership always denied responsibilities to me both within the government and within the party organisation... They would always tell me… — Satpal Maharaj Copy Share Image
If we add state capitalism to the Bush administration's success in eroding both the US Constitution and the power of Congress, we… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
When we do not understand something, a common reaction is to fear it. In government, this is the usual, and encouraged, reaction.… — John McAfee Copy Share Image
I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Restoring accountability will be one of the major priorities of our new government. Accountability is what ordinary Canadians, working Canadians, those people… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
I've said many times around the world that like any government, like any country, like, any set of human institutions, we have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Businessmen should not put their finger in politics, because they tend to think only of their own self-interest. But I worry about… — Diego Della Valle Copy Share Image
The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Let the free market for wireless services and devices flourish. If the government gets out of the way, the wireless marketplace will… — Ajit Pai Copy Share Image
Those who would give us a "living" Constitution are actually giving us a dead one, since such a thing is completely unable… — Kevin Gutzman Copy Share Image
Laying the groundwork for smaller, smarter government, especially at the federal level, is going to be tough. But it is essential for… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The net poses a fundamental threat not only to the authority of the government, but to all authority, because it permits people… — John Seabrook Copy Share Image
Markets are nimble and efficient, gathering the collective but disbursed intelligence of the economy's players and communicating up-to-the-minute realities of prices, product… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Liberty is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In my estimation, there should always be a mixture of economic liberalism - which means small government, a great emphasis on markets… — John Howard Copy Share Image
We don't differ with the government on the demands [on Iran], but we totally reject how Bibi is handling it. Bibi sacrificed… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
We must remember that democracy works when given time to develop, mature and deliver. People must have access to information for informed… — Atifete Jahjaga Copy Share Image
Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image