For the past 15 years or so, British governments have tried to persuade the rest of us that the best judges of… — Neal Ascherson Copy Share Image
New ideas rarely come from the moderate parties in The Hague or Washington, in Brussels or Westminster. The world's political centres are… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“The grass always seems greener on the other side of the fence. Many politicians promise green, green grass by blending niceties with… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“A boring machine, would it drill holes—or put you to sleep? The two-party political system, that’s a boring machine, though voters are… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I think there are shades of political songs; some are more subtle and can be more effective for being subtle, for being… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“America operates under the notion of equality before the law. Basic fairness is an article of faith. We may not agree on… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
“We should by now have learned that politics remains national, even if economics does not: the history of the 20th century offers… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Whenever government assumed responsibility for the security, welfare, and prosperity of citizens, the costs of government rise beyond the point where it… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well as men. Women having to suffer the… — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
It seems to me that as economics drives politics and money markets set policies, what we have is an enormously powerful emergence… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Oh, and although I don’t particularly like the IRS, I still do not like terrorists and have no desire whatsoever to attack… — Jay Williams Copy Share Image
There's social media where people's politics are out there, they're forwarding articles and seem engaged, but it's only online. We tweet and… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
You might not like that Facebook shares your political opinions with Politico, but are you really going to delete all the photos,… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I ran because I became convinced after King was shot and killed, and Martin Luther King was one of the great heroes… — Maynard Jackson Copy Share Image
“I'm not naive…I grew up in a white supremacist compound with a daddy who wanted to murder innocent people and blow up… — Toni Anderson Copy Share Image
You get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever power you… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
“We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world—a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Putin responds to threats, to illegal sanctions, and to incessant propaganda with statements that governments need to respect each other's national interests… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
I've said many times - I told William Buckley, I said, "You warped my mind and I never recovered from it." That… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
“By placing Rogers in context, then, we can finally see that his compassion was not a vague feeling of warmth and fuzziness,… — Michael G. Long Copy Share Image
“How to Train Your Head of State (The Sonnet) We shall achieve more by blasting politicians into space, than by blasting satellites… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
If you have a private firm and you spend a ton of money to pay employees, but what you produce is a… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
“The everyday actions of average citizens have a greater impact on society than any politician. Unfortunately politicians exert a disproportionate amount of… — Tom Golway Copy Share Image
Without question, the balance of power on the planet today lies in the hands of business. Corporations rival governments in wealth, influence,… — Ben Cohen Copy Share Image
I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Without computers, the government would be unable to function at the level of effectiveness and efficiency that we have come to expect.… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my Government will be a 'soft touch' in the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is… — Al Capone Copy Share Image
There are some times when something is proposed which becomes personal to you and you realize the Government is about to do… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
You've got to deploy serious political assets around a plan [in Darfur]. And the George W.] Bush administration has never had a… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
In a democracy, you don't need anyone's permission to form a new political party, publish a politically charged article, or organize a… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
It seemed to me singularly ill-contrived for the British government to be going to war with Hitler when Hitler might have been… — Maurice Cowling Copy Share Image
Because of the demands of court politics and the public position in which they lived, George I, George II and their children… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only when there is joined to poverty a… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
We must evaluate the political sympathies of other states and the effect war may have on them. To assess these things in… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
If the majority is moral then why do they need to be ruled by a group of people who are power hungry… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
I love my country, by which I mean I am indebted joyfully to all the people throughout its history, who have fought… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Monetary reform, if it is to be genuine and successful, must sever money and banking from politics. That's why a modern gold… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image