I have always admired men and women who used their talents to serve the community, and who were highly respected and admired… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Democracy is not about trust; it is about distrust. It is about accountability, exposure, open debate, critical challenge, and popular input and… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
“To all outward appearances, Trump had just been brutally dispatched—his dignity snatched away from him, his foray into politics swiftly cut short,… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
Government power must be dispersed. If government is to exercise power, better in the county than in the state, better in the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“We want to believe. Young students try to believe in older authors, constituents try to believe in their congressmen, countries try to… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“The US government served as both a munificent venture capitalist that did not expect a return (not even co-ownership) yet acted as… — Arun Rao Copy Share Image
African countries lose the most from tax dodging. African governments must, therefore, do more to push for a full reform of the… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
“When I was a fighting-man, the kettle-drums they beat; The people scattered gold-dust before my horse's feet; But now I am a… — Robert E Howard Copy Share Image
[John] Adams identified himself with the political theories of [James] Harrington, [John] Locke, and [Charles-Louis] Montesquieu, whose ideas of constitutionalism, he believed,… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Together, these advocates create a pro-Israeli case so compelling that the idea and reality of Israel has worked itself deep into American… — Aaron David Miller Copy Share Image
The basic gamut of civil and political rights in terms of disappearances, detainees, people who are surrendered, what happened the missing. Any… — Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Copy Share Image
The intertwining of corporations and government has become so extensive in this century that the notion of a democratic balancing act has… — Charles Derber Copy Share Image
The [Burmese] government appears to be more interested in stamping out political activity than drug addiction. Very few university students on the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
You have all these people in the city and everything has become centralized. If you live outside the city and you need… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised… — Karen Hughes Copy Share Image
“Many people villainize those who have stood against corrupt systems and have faced the brutal tyranny that is unleashed when people of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words:… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Politicians are forever coming up with 'solutions' to virtually every imaginable imperfection in life. But, if we give them more power and… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When caring for your neighbor becomes a compulsory obligation imposed by government instead of voluntary, charity turns to confiscation and freedom to… — Star Parker Copy Share Image
There is an apocalyptic view to this that is actually kind of appealing, which is the only way to kill big government… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
Politics is always a difficult thing to talk about because, like football, the views are radical. You think this way; that guy… — Gerard Pique Copy Share Image
The role of the press and the protections which we afford it are today more important than ever before, because we dwell… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that ... of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of… — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
“Babylon was the government that had outlawed them, the police that had pummeled and killed them. Babylon was the church that damned… — Safiya Sinclair Copy Share Image
When you become famous, you start getting invites to parties where there are famous athletes and famous rock stars, politicians, people who… — Billy Baldwin Copy Share Image
I think it was in 1971 or 1974, the Supreme Court ruled marriage is not a subject that the federal government can… — Ken Cuccinelli Copy Share Image
“More people than ever before look to government as their best chance of securing well-being rather than as their inevitable enemy. Politics… — John Morris Roberts Copy Share Image
Political parties usually accept funding from large industrialists and are then obliged to bow down to the demands of these individuals. When… — Atishi Copy Share Image
“Many well-meaning Dutch people have told me in all earnestness that nothing in Islamic culture incites abuse of women, that this is… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
“In political affairs illusions are usually the product of a failure to appreciate change; but such failure-usually a necessary and perhaps salutary… — Laurence Lafore Copy Share Image
Democracy, though slowly attained and never by revolutionary jumps, is the best government on earth when it tries to make all its… — Peter Viereck Copy Share Image
The big issue is how much money can the government infuse for the capitalisation of the banks when we have quite a… — Anurag Thakur Copy Share Image
“Since the dawn of the twentieth century, we have been told that the federal government has the answers to solve all of… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall… — Robert Jackson Copy Share Image
All I'm saying is that there are many different kinds of political theatre and many plays I greatly admire: 'Antigone,' 'Mother Courage,'… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
In the governments, as we've witnessed in the past, they had to hide. Because there's a lot of concentration on the friends-and-family… — Carl Paladino Copy Share Image
They used to ask: "How will this decision that we make today affect our people in the future?" Now we make decisions… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image