All growth, including political growth, is the result of risk-taking. — Jude Wanniski Copy Share Image
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Unalienable rights are essential limitations to all governments. — Francis Hutcheson Copy Share Image
Nothing in politics is ever so good or as bad as it first appears. — Baron Boyle of Handsworth Edward Boyle Copy Share Image
But of course in my world nothing is political. And everything's about policy and governance. And maybe a bit of politics. — Naheed Nenshi Copy Share Image
There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Any country that has sexual censorship will eventually have political censorship. — Kenneth Tynan Copy Share Image
Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
After each perceived security crisis ended, the United States has remorsefully realized that the abrogation of civil liberties was unnecessary. — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
One of the most annoying habits of liberals is their tendency to confuse their political agenda with moral virtue. — Robert Stacy McCain Copy Share Image
To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
One of the things government should be around for is to deal with catastrophes. It should do that well. To me, that's… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The first thing I ever put on the Internet was actually a beat tape, but the first thing I ever put on… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
While we face economic obstacles that challenge every decision made in Washington, decisions made merely for political gain must stop. It's time… — Nick Lampson Copy Share Image
Politics - I don't know why, but they seem to have a tendency to separate us, to keep us from one another,… — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
Political pundits in Delhi and Islamabad have berated the West for its relativism and double-standards. After all why should Britain have a… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
The people = government doctrine is equivalent to political infantilism -- an agreement to pretend that the citizen's wishes animate each restriction… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
[N]othing is less reliable than unchecked claims from political officials that their secret conduct is justified by National Security Threats and the… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The institution of representative government to us seems an essential part of democracy, but the ancients never thought of it. Its immense… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Today, America would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order. Tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Young people today seem to be coming around to the idea it really doesn’t matter which politician or political party you vote… — James Morcan Copy Share Image
I think that right now, the global political crisis that we see all over the place has to do with virulent nostalgia.… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Permanent mass unemployment destroys the moral foundations of the social order. The young people, who, having finished their training for work, are… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
To me, the amazing thing is that so much that was science fiction back then, political fiction, today is reality. We have… — George Takei Copy Share Image
Puerto Rican independence movement wasn't just rooted in some sort of personal intransigence or some passionate Latino temperament. It was rooted in… — Nelson Antonio Denis Copy Share Image
Liberals have a set of folk theories that are fallacious. One of them comes from the Enlightenment, and the assumption is that… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
Currency warfare is the most destructive form of economic warfare. — Harry Dexter White Copy Share Image
My fidelity is to my country, not my political party. Country first. — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image