Optimism is a tonic. Pessimism is poison. Admittedly, every businessman must be realistic. He must gather facts, analyze them candidly and strive… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Unequal Democracy is the sort of book to which every political scientist should aspire--it is methodologically rigorous, conceptually serious, and above all,… — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
“The primacy of class in politics was challenged during the 1970s and 1980s, in particular, by the rise of the 'new social… — Moya Lloyd Copy Share Image
A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
I'm worried that too many people, both in politics and out, don't appreciate the seriousness of the threat to American security and… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
One of the things I always tell people when they're going to get married is, in order to have a lasting relationship,… — Jen Lilley Copy Share Image
One of the things that's unique about Louisiana politics is that people here have a much more realistic attitude about who their… — Mark Frost Copy Share Image
“In this world, where the strong prey upon the weak, and the cunning manipulate the naive, it is imperative that you become… — Kevin L. Michel Copy Share Image
In the space business, space had gotten very much to be the aerospace industry. This is something that governments only do and… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
“At family gatherings in the United States, two off-limit subjects are almost always put together in the same phrase: no religion or… — Bryanna Plog Copy Share Image
Throughout history civilian populations and political rulers have talked of peace. We have never been free of war. The soldier, whose profession… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
For they have always unanimously maintained that nature, rather the Creator Himself, has given man the right of private ownership not only… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
“In political terms, the Buddha’s dharma would translate as an attentiveness to the unease of the other; a sharing in his anguish;… — Collection from articles in The Times of India Copy Share Image
The theory of the IRS is rather repugnant to me because the assumption is made that I, the government, owns 100% of… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Faith lived in the incognito is one which is located outside the criticism coming from society , from politics , from history… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
I think that people who believe in limited government would benefit greatly by studying the logic in government itself and the role… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
It would be as unthinkable to try to construct the Labour Party without Marx as it would to be to establish university… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
What government supports, government controls. This is an ancient axiom repeatedly ratified by experience. . . . Indeed, as is well known,… — Edd Doerr Copy Share Image
The passion for the past is clearly about more than market forces or government policies. History responds to a variety of needs,… — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
You know in politics you are dealing in the realm of choices. You don't always have clear-cut decision between a thoroughly principled… — Peter Costello Copy Share Image
If you look at what the factors were going into the decision, of course there are competing interests and values. And one… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“I still wonder how policy officials... can sit down at the table with their families and have any appetite for food, or… — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
No corner of our society has been left unscathed by the horrors of gun violence. To end it, we'll need to bring… — Kevin de Leon Copy Share Image
“Inciting women to rebel against the divine laws of Islam.’ This became the accusation that was leveled against me whenever I wrote… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
The concept of individual rights is so prodigious a feat of political thinking that few men grasp it fully - and two… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“If Jack Dylan was Captain Ahab, Bart Breitner was Moby Dick. Jack felt exhilarated, as Ahab must have felt when he finally… — Mark M. Bello Copy Share Image
To say that one need art, or politics, that incorporate ambiguity and contradiction is not to say that one then stops recognizing… — William Kentridge Copy Share Image
We [the Government] are here not as masters but as servants, we are not here to glory in power, but to attest… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
By importing into the U.K. the divisive politics of anti-racism from America, with its demented campus dramas and neuroses about 'safe spaces',… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
2011 was a year in which events rarely turned out as predicted, and when much of the world seemed shrouded in turmoil… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
“Bannon’s strategic view of government was shock and awe. Dominate rather than negotiate. Having daydreamed his way into ultimate bureaucratic power, he… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
I have done things politically, and I've been running a business at the same time, but I sort of joke that to… — Craig Benson Copy Share Image
It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
I think American interests are served when there are sections of the world that have representative governments, politically open economic systems, and… — Dennis C. Blair Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with talking out loud in public, but there is something wrong with the government sucking up all those utter… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
The law no passion can disturb. 'Tis void of desire and fear, lust and anger. 'Tis mens sine affectu, written reason, retaining… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Perseverance. It's his favorite word. We've spent more than one session defining it. It's a guarentee. You'll get what you want, eventually.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image