Without precise meanings behind words, politicians and elites can obscure reality and condition people to reflexively associate certain words with positive or… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The best government in the world, the best religion, the best traditions of any people, depend upon the good or evil of… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
In 'The Adjustment Bureau,' Damon shows movie-star concentration as David Norris, a politician whose world ambitions hit a pothole when his angry… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
But politicians who talk about failed policies are just blowing smoke. Government policies succeed in doing exactly what they are supposed to… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
I think one of the luxuries of being a filmmaker is that you can ask questions but not necessarily have to answer… — Nick Love Copy Share Image
“He was a hard shrewd jovial politician, whose acts of kindness served his interest and whose interest was himself. His type is… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Reagan did not suffer from the dismal plague of doubts which has assailed so many politicians in our times and which has… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Politicians step up and say, "This is what were going to do: we're going to set aside 450 million dollars for a… — Mr. Lif Copy Share Image
Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever… — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
Nothing so mystical. Human beings hunger for killing, that is all. It only takes a few politicians to stoke division, or a… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
When government 'creates jobs' by taking money from the private sector and 'investing' in favored projects, it is not truly productive activity.… — Sheldon Richman Copy Share Image
When an office-holder facing a multi-count indictment says that he has decided to spend more time with his family, the proper response… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
People often say that Trump "speaks the truth," right? But I think what really is happening is he's become a symbol of… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Some of my colleagues who are criticized today for lack of forthright principles-or who are looked upon with scorn as compromising "politicians"-are… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Up until Trump announced his candidacy, the conventional wisdom was that you had to be a professional politician in order to run.… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
The business of funding digging journalists is important to encourage. It cannot be replaced by bloggers who don't have access to politicians,… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
How is a magician to exist without books? Let someone explain that to me. It is like asking a politician to achieve… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Actually we're not hearing a lot about gas prices right now from constituents. And I think that reflects a growing understanding on… — John Yarmuth Copy Share Image
Fanaticism displays itself in the masses; but the masses were rarely fanaticised; and the crimes ascribed to it were commonly due to… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Politicians need a better understanding of global ecology. We need to be freed from our species-specific arrogance. No evidence exists that we… — Lynn Margulis Copy Share Image
That skull had a tongue in it, and could sing once: how the knave jowls it to the ground, as if it… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
And I think, in the end, that is the best definition of journalism I have heard; to challenge authority - all authority… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
We have no control over the outcome of anything. Like the planet and global warming, we don't control that. If politicians want… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
If I had my way books would not be written in English but in an exceedingly difficult secret language… This plan would… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
The thing about Barack Obama, just from being around him, is he's cooler than the other politicians, but just nerdy enough to… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
To say that Jimmy Carter does not understand politics or is not a good politician denies the phenomenon by which he got… — Hamilton Jordan Copy Share Image
The entitlement mentality so carefully cultivated by liberal academics, politicians, clergymen, and journalists continues to corrode the self-sufficiency that once defined the… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
Nowadays, people in the entertainment industry can have a louder voice than politicians, and I think its important that they use that… — Serinda Swan Copy Share Image
Everyone should get dirt on his hands each day. Doctors, intellectuals. Politicians, most of all. How can we presume to uplift the… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Most change in America doesn't come from, politicians. It comes from people inventing things and creating. The telephone, the telegraph, the computer,… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
In two thousand years all our generals and politicians may be forgotten, but Einstein and Madame Curie and Bernard Shaw and Stravinsky… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, politicians are an odd bunch. They seem to have very thick skins and genuinely don't care what people think. And… — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
I'd rather be robbed by an armed highway man than the politicians and their bankers. A highway man gets away from you… — Raymond C. Hoiles Copy Share Image
The public is tired of politicians professing certain beliefs and not acting on those beliefs. They want elected officials who have the… — Colonel Tom Parker Copy Share Image
It's amazing to be nominated for two Brits, and I'm in great company. I'm not a politician out blagging votes, but if… — Tom Walker Copy Share Image
All my life I've dealt with politicians. I know politicians better than anybody. And honestly, if you can't deal with a politician,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Let's say Donald Trump loses but it's close. That could change the whole way the job of being a politician shifts -… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
