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
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
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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
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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
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
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
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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
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“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
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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
Everything which might cause doubt about the wisdom of the government or create discontent will be kept from the people. The basis… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
How can you contribute towards building the Indian society and the Indian nation? No better way than to upgrade the quality of… — Azim Premji Copy Share Image
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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
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 men of wealth who today are trying to prevent the regulation and control of their business in the interest of the… — Theodore Roosevelt 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
This has been the left's technique. The technique is to portray a political enemy of the left as this outrageous caveman or… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
House Republicans are the most powerful force for limited government, strong national defense, and economic opportunity that exists in America today. But… — Steve Scalise Copy Share Image
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“Totalitarian propaganda perfects the techniques of mass propaganda, but it neither invents them nor originates their themes. These were prepared for them… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
It is perfectly clear, in the first place, that the constitution of the United States did not, of itself, create or establish… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
I'm like a bit of a feminist, I have kinds of highly political dreams. I'm a dreamer about taking on the patriarchy… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
If you took every single penny that Warren Buffett has, it'd pay for 4-1/2 days of the US government. This tax-the-rich won't… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
I think, at the end of the day, especially for municipal elections, we see relatively low voter turnout. So the goal is… — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
And they are much more skeptical of the very idea of having immigration limits, whereas the public - again, independents and Democrats,… — Mark Krikorian Copy Share Image
Al Gore has found a new job. He is going to teach journalism at Columbia University, which is ironic isn't it? The… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
When killings of black by policeman happen, there's the victim, there's the family, there are the police, there are the politicians, and… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
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