Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Who knows what the hell a government is or what the hell a government does. — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Once you put yourself in the hands of the government, you could end up in Utah. — Michael O'Donoghue Copy Share Image
The government takes the opposition day debates incredibly seriously. — Andrea Leadsom Copy Share Image
The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous... — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If government were less important in our lives, politicians would have fewer goodies to trade. In return, we'd have more money and… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
When I meet a government which says to me, "Your money or your life," why should I be in haste to give… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill. — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old… — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
While admirers of capitalism, we also to a certain extent believe it has limitations that require government intervention in markets to make… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Well, it's very clear that the Arab population is rising because they'd like to have a say in the running of their… — Al-Waleed bin Talal Copy Share Image
The American founding is not just about a group of people, a group of men. It is about an ideal: Both a… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
I condemn all incidents of violence where religious minorities were targeted, no religious group can incite violence ... my government will ensure… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I think that as a government agency, USDA has a responsibility to reduce the levels of contamination and to mandate a stringent… — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety… — Jack Layton Copy Share Image
Christian churches and Muslim groups have no more right to have their say than women's institutes or trades unions. The government has… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
His Majesty's Government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their… — Arthur Balfour Copy Share Image
So far, the official definitions of terrorism have the role of demonizing the enemies of the United States and Israel, and of… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
However accurate or inaccurate the agency's numbers may be, tax law explicitly presumes that the IRS is always right -- and implicitly… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Recipients of transfers tend to become less self-reliant and more dependent on government payments. When people can get support without exercising their… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
Yes, 4% is the government-mandated target to the MPC. The plus/minus 2 percentage-point upper and lower bands are the tolerance levels specified… — Urjit Patel Copy Share Image
“It is contended by many that ours is a Christian government, founded upon the Bible, and that all who look upon the… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
What the issue here is, you get rid of all the conservative orthodoxy about capital gains, marginal tax rate, supply side economics,… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
But the origin of the American Republic is distinguished by peculiar circumstances. Other nations have been driven together by fear and necessity-the… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
I decided to go into politics because of our Soviet-style government. — Bidzina Ivanishvili Copy Share Image
The government that is wise will consider what is best for all its people. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
In opposition, you move to the centre. In government, you move the centre. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Things don't always go according to plan. That's life and that's government. — Grant Shapps Copy Share Image
I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique. — William Hague Copy Share Image