Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Let others make war, you happy Austria marry, for kingdoms given to others by Mars, Venus will give to you. — Matthias Corvinus Copy Share Image
Term limits would make Congress bolder, more independent, and less risk-averse. — George Will Copy Share Image
Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities. — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense — Morton Blackwell Copy Share Image
The political climate during a campaign is not the best climate for reasonable debate. — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
For forms of government, let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered, is best. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Covering Capitol Hill was my first assignment in political journalism, and I still think it is the best beat in Washington. — Kasie Hunt Copy Share Image
You go out and obtain from your political allies and friends in the academic world to sign a letter saying that the… — Charles Ruff Copy Share Image
“If the way to do good to my country were to render myself popular, I could easily do it. But extravagant popularity… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When I have political discussions with my friends, I piss them off because my personal position is that there's no difference between… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The Occupy Wall Street protests at last suggest that America's wealth gap is once again becoming an organizing political principle in the… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Ever since I became NATO Secretary General, I have emphasised the need for enhanced political dialogue among the Allies. And I am… — Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Copy Share Image
The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Anarchists know that a long period of education must precede any great fundamental change in society, hence they do not believe in… — Lucy Parsons Copy Share Image
In many European countries we have populist indirect democratic systems. The people elect, in a proportionate manner, a parliament. The parliament with… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
Liberals think their campaign against Wal-Mart is a way of introducing the subject of class into America's political argument, and they are… — George Will Copy Share Image
Embedded in 'The New York Times' institutional perspective and reporting methodologies are all sorts of quite debatable and subjective political and cultural… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
What makes a terrorist? Are the drivers primarily political or economic? Princeton economist Alan Krueger has made a great study of this… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
Critics of the war plans (including myself) have pointed to the disastrous political results that must be expected: Iraq would break into… — Uri Avnery Copy Share Image
Since my first discussions of ecological problems with Professor John Day around 1950 and since reading Konrad Lorenz's "King Solomon's Ring," I… — Allan McLeod Cormack Copy Share Image
The political trend is always to be observed, partly as a spectacle, partly for one's own safety. The liberal is dissatisfied with… — Ernst Junger Copy Share Image
I went to school in Connecticut, at Connecticut College, and then really started to get bitten by the political bug. — Sean Spicer Copy Share Image
After choosing monetary union, further political union and workable governance in Europe was always going to be necessary. — Najib Razak Copy Share Image
I really do not take much interest in forming an opinion on anything political because I am not inclined to that. — Harshvardhan Kapoor Copy Share Image
The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them. — Howard Barker Copy Share Image
When you've spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment, it's exciting to have a real crisis on… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Mitt doesn't like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege, not a political talking… — Ann Romney Copy Share Image
Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants. — Bob Dole Copy Share Image
'Essence' is political. I grew up on the magazine, looking at the covers. Seeing ourselves on the cover is political. — Ron Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
The worst side of people is political part of the process, the side that can be very mean and nasty. — Rob Zerban Copy Share Image
Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and… — Murray Edelman Copy Share Image
Legislators and revolutionaries who promise both equality and liberty are visionaries and charlatans. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
The use of EU summits to frame political victories or defeats is an annoying habit. — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
As a snow-drift is formed where there is a lull in the wind, so, one would say, where there is a lull… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I do object to those who jump from political hackery to flackery and expect respect. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
