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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
What government supports, government controls. This is an ancient axiom repeatedly ratified by experience. . . . Indeed, as is well known,… — Edd Doerr 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
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
“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
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
