We live in a very low state of the world, and pay unwilling tribute to government founded on force. There is not,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Our economy will not prosper as long as it is monopolised (by the government). The economy must be rid of monopoly and… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
“Statistics became what it still is today: a form of political rhetoric. The categories that statisticians had to develop were reified in… — Jürgen Osterhammel Copy Share Image
Walking back from the convention site I chatted with a normal Bostonian for several blocks -- who must have identified me through… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
If India is notorious for never punishing scamsters and letting politicians get away with loot, rape, murder and worse, it is because… — Sucheta Dalal Copy Share Image
“February is pitiless, and it is boring. That parade of red numerals on its page adds up to zero: birthdays of politicians,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I am always looking for ways our government can help make everyday life easier for Ontarians, and these new polymer birth certificates… — Kathleen Wynne Copy Share Image
“The first report suggests that “social computing could play an increasingly important role in re-engaging citizens in political debate, in securing social… — Derek Hansen Copy Share Image
If a serious and sophisticated attacker has enough time he or she will get into a digital network. Governments and private corporations… — Will Hurd Copy Share Image
Those who proposed the Constitution knew, and those who ratified the Constitution also knew that this is...a limited government tied down to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
I’m a human being, I’m not anyone’s mascot! And I am America’s conscience. And that’s what they don’t want to look at.… — Russell Means Copy Share Image
Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
The Afghan government is much better informed, much more intrusive and ambitious than I had guessed. There are amazing craftsmen in Kabul… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
Of course, ISIS is a terrible organization that has to be defeated. And, of course, we need a strong military. But just… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
It would be a huge mistake to abandon democracy promotion. Peaceful political change has been enormously successful in the past years in… — Paul Wolfowitz Copy Share Image
All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“Political realism believes that politics, like society in general, is governed by objective laws that have their roots in human nature. In… — Hans J. Morgenthau Copy Share Image
Southern political personalities, like sweet corn, travel badly. They lose flavor with every hundred yards away from the patch. By the time… — A. J. Liebling Copy Share Image
If power lies more and more in the hands of corporations rather than governments, the most effective way to be political is… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
“Toward the end of the first century A.D., a Confucian government minister had them once more abolished, declaring, “Government sale of salt… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
In most legislatures, punctilious attention to correct usage is considered elitist. The word 'government,' for example, is normally pronounced 'gummint'; bureaucracy is… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
One day the President and Mrs. Coolidge were visiting a government farm. Soon after their arrival they were taken off on separate… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
That's right. Obama didn't lie to you when he said, 'if you like your plan, you can keep it.' Why? Because, you… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
Creeds like pacifism or anarchism, which seem on the surface to imply a complete renunciation of power, rather encourage this habit of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
If the Government is going to intrude upon the sacred ground of the First Amendment and tell its citizens that their exercise… — Ronald L. Buckwalter Copy Share Image
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When the United States was in control of counternarcotics, the US governments used drug trafficking for purely geopolitical purposes … The US… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
A lot of conservative writers have twisted that argument in the conversation around Judge [Gonzalo] Curiel and said this is identity politics… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
[Wendy] Davis [pursued] higher education, as her campaign website says, with 'the help of academic scholarships, student loans, and state and federal… — Liza Mundy Copy Share Image
No centralized government, no matter how big, how smart or how powerful, can effectively and efficiently control much of society in a… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
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Every state and the federal government have laws that protect people from acts of violence, and those laws should be enforced. What… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
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National security is a place where the private sector could be helpful because the government is woefully behind the technology curve. But… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Social and political issues in general seem to me fairly simple; the effort to obfuscate them in esoteric and generally vacuous theory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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