“The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Due to the fact that I experienced personally the situation of a political prisoner, I have an historical commitment to all those… — Dilma Rousseff Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what I really think about politicians. The other night I watched some politicians on television talking about Vietnam. I… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
In this political climate, people are so shut down to other ideas - I call it a hardening of the categories -… — Kate Clinton Copy Share Image
The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I got my first camera when I was 21 - my boyfriend gave it to me for my birthday - but at… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
Americans are ugly unwashed clods that live off of government cheese. If I could, I'd take every living American, grind them up… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Democracy must stand or fall on a platform of possible human perfectibility. If human nature cannot be improved by institutions, democracy is… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
“The Government's going to pass a bill regarding schools. Well I never. Interfering gang they are, as if a parent doesn't know… — James Hanley Copy Share Image
People have come to me for my opinion since 'October Baby.' But, hey, look, I'm an actor who is very fortunate to… — John Schneider Copy Share Image
I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, natural history and naval… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Any nation or government that deprives an individual of freedom is in that moment committing an act of moral and spiritual murder.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Trends working at least marginally towards the implantation of a very narrow range of attitudes, memories and opinions include control of major… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Winston Churchill was one of the most unpopular politicians in the late '30s and by the mid-'40s he was considered one the… — Pierre Poilievre Copy Share Image
You can educate people about politics, criminality, the law, but not about medicine? It's just silly… I really don't want to hurt… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
There are flaws in the way politics is reported in this country today and we should do something about it, .. Radio… — Tim Allen Copy Share Image
“People are weary of politicians who make promises they are either unwilling or unable to keep. Society longs for statesmen but it… — Henry T. Blackaby Copy Share Image
History will judge societies and governments — and their institutions — not by how big they are or how well they serve… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
“It therefore is necessary to consider the possibility that administrative law was an instrument of a class that took a dim view… — Philip Hamburger Copy Share Image
“When was the last time an American president found it worth his while to write a speech on the importance of art… — Viet Thanh Nguyen Copy Share Image
During the first formative centuries of its existence, Christianity was separated from and indeed antagonistic to the state, with which it only… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
If the oncoming mutation to interstellar immortality is screwed up by the politicians, it will be because those of us who see… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
When should we nudge and when should we shove, I think, it's a political judgment. Obviously in some situations we need shoves,… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
Independent of its connection with human destiny hereafter, the fate of republican government is indissolubly bound up with the fate of the… — Lewis Cass Copy Share Image
America remains the freest, most powerful and most prosperous nation in all the world, and yet, we face significant challenges. Among these… — Mike Johnson Copy Share Image
Government is like fire. If it is kept within bounds and under the control of the people, it contributes to the welfare… — Harold Stassen Copy Share Image
Look, America is no more a democracy than Russia is a Communist state. The governments of the U.S. and Russia are practically… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Quite simply, there can be no popular sovereignty without a real belief in the value of government. If government does not assume… — Charles Derber Copy Share Image
For decades now, the Democrats have had a good gig buying the votes of government workers with outrageous salaries, benefits and work… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“If this country ever falls into the grasp of a totalitarian dictator it is not likely to come through a Communist revolution,”… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
A political philosophy (often called "political science" by practitioners who are not averse from verbal trickery) must deal with contemporary realities. If… — Revilo P. Oliver Copy Share Image
The ACLU's record, far from showing a momentary wavering from impartiality, is replete with attemps to reform American society according to the… — William Anthony Donohue Copy Share Image
People think that the government honors and respects us, and that they're actually going to come in and help people in need,… — Mr. Lif Copy Share Image
There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Canadian government continues to say they will not help us if we go to war with Iraq. However, the prime minister… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Thus, seeking to produce a typology of forms of the art of government, La Mothe Le Vayer, in a text from the… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
If you're a politician it's very useful to say that we can have economic growth and at the same time green the… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal justice, trifle with the injunctions of morality,… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
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