The invisible government tends to be concentrated in the hands of the few because of the expense of manipulating the social machinery… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
The people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government and to reform, alter, or totally change the same… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
He who has annexed them [some principalities], if he wishes to hold them, has only to bear in mind two considerations: the… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Errors in decision-making lead young people to under-save for retirement, doctors to miss tumours, CEOs to make catastrophic investments, governments to engage… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
Where neoliberalism thrives is in having done something that we haven't seen before. There is a merging of culture, politics, and power… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Natural science, economics, and politics depend on literature, philosophy, and religion for educating the imagination... we cannot oppose facts to values, but...… — Jens Zimmermann Copy Share Image
It's very enigmatic because of course, the population [of North Korea] has no contact with the world outside or it's very, very… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political lifeThe junior senator from Wisconsin, by his… — J William Fulbright Copy Share Image
There are seven things that will destroy us, Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Religion without sacrifice, Politics without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Does political correctness have a good side? Yes, it does, for it makes us re-examine attitudes, and that is always useful. The… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“[P]olitical speech does not lose First Amendment protection "simply because its source is a corporation". Otherwise, there would be nothing in the… — David E. Bernstein Copy Share Image
Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the nation by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate duties, by leaving capital… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Government shutdowns are so stupid. From my perspective, somebody who's been in government, been in the military, worked with federal government workers… — Amy McGrath Copy Share Image
I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Political correctness is a loaded gun that the individual holds to their own head. Where laws can’t stomp on freedom of speech,… — James Scott, Senior Fellow, The Center for Cyber Influence Operations Studies Copy Share Image
The European Union should not be prescribing an identity. We know what that's like, when a government tells its people how it… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share Image
But in Afghanistan, the general rule was that since you were fighting the Taliban, which was not a lawful government force, the… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share Image
But while property is considered as the basis of the freedom of the American yeomanry, there are other auxiliary supports; among which… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Government! Three-fourths parasitic and the rest stupid fumbling - oh, Harshaw concluded that man, a social animal, could not avoid government, any… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
My decision to appoint an inspector is not taken lightly. I hope it sends a strong signal that robust processes are in… — Sajid Javid Copy Share Image
We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every… — Moshe Dayan Copy Share Image
“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power,… — Alex Carey Copy Share Image
I'm not quite sure precisely when social and political activism became a visible brand of my DNA, but it seems to me… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
The true reason of Ms. Rice's attack against Russia is very simple. Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks… — Vladimir Zhirinovsky Copy Share Image
I'm not the "not-working" type. I derive pleasure from my work. Work gives me relaxation too. Every moment I am thinking of… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
In Italy, above all in view of the next general election, political parties, movements and new politicians continue to proliferate, naturally all… — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
“Containing Communism was a priority, but the United States government had its own plans. Since 1951 or 1952, the idea had been… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The fact throughout history is that whenever government dominates the economic affairs of its citizenry, a free society is eroded, then destroyed,… — William E. Simon Copy Share Image
The utopian schemes of leveling and a community of goods, are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Let us give up our longing for welfare, our love of war, and our desire to see the government control and shape… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“McGovern made some stupid mistakes, but in context they seem almost frivolous compared to the things Richard Nixon does every day of… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“And finally: algorithmic modeling + global positioning + human scaling + computational speed = data geopolitics. Political power used to be measured… — Mark Jarzombek Copy Share Image
Some people criticize the faithful for getting involved in politics, but it's important to remember that down through the centuries, people motivated… — Frank Wolf Copy Share Image
Politically, as a result of Citizens United, billionaires are now able to spend as much money as they want on campaigns, which… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the… — Carl Bernstein Copy Share Image
Democracy appears to me potentially a higher form of political organization than any kind of dictatorship. But if it turns out that… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
I don't care about the internal political system of the United States. I want to be a friend of United States, of… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
“In contemporary parlance, the term Salafi has come to acquire many different connotations. It has been used to refer to some groups… — Muhammad Qasim Zaman Copy Share Image