The GSEs became powerful advocates for their own bottom lines, providing substantial financial support for political candidates who supported the GSE agenda. — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
A lot of guys try to stay out of the political limelight because you have things like endorsements; you have fans and… — Malcolm Jenkins Copy Share Image
As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I spend time in the classroom. I think more of them aren't political science than are political science. I particularly like talking… — Jim Edgar Copy Share Image
At least on the domestic side of things that you're seeing, [Mike] Pence has that influence big time. But when it comes… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
I am going to explain to you why we went to war. Why mankind always goes to war. It is not social… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Believe in better, which is a corporate phrase rather than a political phrase. We don't want more. We're not looking for quantity.… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
The pursuit of health is a symptom of unhealth. When this pursuit is no longer a personal yearning but part of state… — Petr Skrabanek Copy Share Image
Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until… — Plato Copy Share Image
Europe was initially supposed to be primarily a political project! The EU never would have come about had it been up to… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
He was not only the most brilliant strategist of all our generals, but he had a good political sense. A man of… — Erich von Manstein Copy Share Image
I mean, in the campaign of '24 and in '28 and '32, you know, Eleanor Roosevelt insists that women have equal floor… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence of which there is so much. No sympathy for leaders who… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
My hands tend to be full enough dealing with people who hate me for who I am. Concentrate too hard on the… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
People will find some ways of identifying themselves, becoming associated with others, taking part in something. They're going to do it some… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What the expression is intended to mean, I think, is that there is a better and a worse element in the character… — Plato Copy Share Image
Stem cell research has become such a polarizing issue in America... and I wanted to bring it down to the personal level,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There's a sense of desperation in Afghanistan because of the lack of funding and the fact that the U.S. only has a… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
I venture to say that every man who is not presumably incapacitated by some consideration of personal unfitness or of political danger… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
My conviction is that those fights need to be fought right now and can be won. And if in fact we have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When the United States was in control of counternarcotics, the US governments used drug trafficking for purely geopolitical purposes … The US… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
The political nonsense of network television and the culture of a set and all the problems that that can create, I can… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
Immigration reforms are always controversial. Our Congress was created to muster political will to answer such challenges. Today we didn't, but tomorrow… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Social and political issues in general seem to me fairly simple; the effort to obfuscate them in esoteric and generally vacuous theory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
No piecemeal solution is going to prevent the collapse of whole societies and ecosystems ... a radical re-thinking of our values, priorities… — Maude Barlow Copy Share Image
I doubt very much if a man whose main literary interests were in works by Mr. Zane Grey, admirable as they may… — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
Like John Kennedy in 1960, Obama combines youth, vigor, and good looks with the promise of political change. Like Kennedy, he grew… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
A time-tested political tactic guaranteed to raise a president's popularity rating by at least 30 points. It is especially useful during election… — Chaz Bufe Copy Share Image
When any welfare scheme is being proposed, its political sponsors always dwell on what a generous and compassionate government should pay to… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
And I would begin with the EPA, because there is no other agency like the EPA. It should really be renamed the… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
Reagan didn't want to wear his faith on his sleeve in a political way. Reagan thought that was egregious, and he was… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
Much of the world today, including the United States, is still living in the social, cultural, and political aftermath of Britain's cultural… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
A man filled with meat turns his back on the dry bones of political doctrine. Fanatical devotion to the ruling party comes… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Architecture will always express the technical and social progress of the country in which it is carried out. If we wish to… — Oscar Niemeyer Copy Share Image
Corporations are economic entities or structures, and yet they're allowed to fund political candidates, and when those candidates are elected, guess who… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
It's not a passion of mine to follow politics. When I deal with political issues in my songs, I just say stuff… — Too Short Copy Share Image
It may seem ironic that the judicial branch preserves its legitimacy through refraining from action on political questions. That concept was put… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
There's comedians who I consider extremely punk rock who I've seen do very political stand up in places where nobody wants to… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people… — Al Gore Copy Share Image