“It was not desirable that the proles should have strong political feelings. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
There is only one institution that can arrogate to itself the power legally to trade by means of rubber checks: the government.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The recognition of a distinct 'national identity' among members of the Body of Christ can keep before us our ties with Christians… — Richard J. Mouw Copy Share Image
A curious thing about Ugu the Shoemaker was that he didn't suspect in the least that he was wicked. He wanted to… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“Flotsam Some people figuratively, although sometimes literately, washed up on the barren beaches of West Africa because they were unwelcome in most… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater Two Copy Share Image
State governments seek local remedies for the globally fabricated deprivations and miseries in vain - just as the individuals-by-the-decree-of-fate (read: by the… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
When members of a certain party concoct various devious schemes to suppress votes, purposely misinform potential voters, spread vile untrue filth about… — Richard Belzer Copy Share Image
If the politics of inaction and delay that have triumphed in this country continues for another decade, then Planetary Purgatory in the… — Joseph J. Romm Copy Share Image
“issue a statement attacking the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision. I announced that I would only nominate justices to the Supreme… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Addiction, obesity, starvation (anorexia nervosa) are political problems, not psychiatric: each condense and expresses a contest between the individual and some other… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
I know that everyone is fighting for every penny of government finance, but we need more money to deal with the mental… — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The vigour of government is essential to the security of liberty. . . . a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
This much is true: When we created the euro, it wasn't possible to create a political union along with it. People weren't… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
men are not born with a faculty for the universal and ... women are not reduced at birth to the particular. The… — Monique Wittig Copy Share Image
The initial attraction of a political convention was that often the outcome was not preordained. There was at least some element of… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
Since the beginning of establishment, poets and spoken word artists have always been both vocal supporters and critics of government. And in… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner Copy Share Image
The three branches of government number considerably more than three and are not, in any sense, 'branches' since that would imply that… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
In practice, without appropriate government intervention, Smith's "invisible hand" dons brass knuckles and conducts gang warfare, creating fierce battles between competitors who… — Denise Caruso Copy Share Image
I very much believe in values-based leadership, and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
“The increased facilities of communication and exchange of thought, the teachings of history, the unity of government, the rise of literature and… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
I was able to excite and engage people who previously hadn't been involved in politics, and part of the reason that I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When people abuse these freedoms to enrich themselves at the expense of others, then the public will demand the government to step… — Ken Blackwell Copy Share Image
I'm not against the government. I'm against this ever-expanding government that doesn't know its limits. And that's how I see the role… — Alan Wilson Copy Share Image
I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
If you were to ask any children of any politician, when you've been part of a political life, you are not on… — Lucille Roybal-Allard Copy Share Image
We are delighted that these regulations are now law, and we commend the provincial government for helping put the issue on the… — Alex Johnston Copy Share Image
China has national security laws that compel Chinese companies to provide the government with information and access at their government's request. And… — Christopher A. Wray Copy Share Image
If the means to which the government of the union may resort for executing the power confided to it, are unlimited, it… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
I have not said your values are wrong. But neither are they right. They are simply judgments. Assessments. Decisions. For the most… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
Being outspoken has always been one of the more important aspects of growing up with my parents. Whether it's art or politics… — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
“If you invest all your energy in economics, world commerce, parliamentarianism, military engagements, power and power politics, -if you take the quantum… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The danger (where there is any) from armed citizens, is only to the *government*, not to *society*; and as long as they… — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I like BuzzFeed, and I understand the pressure that online reporters are under. But I think everyone agrees that, despite all the… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
“even when a political truth is enshrined in written documents, it is seldom that these have any more value than a radiographic… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Economic policies absorb almost the entire attention of government, and at the same time become ever more impotent. The simplest things, which… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
Government - they used to teach it in college. It's actually something you should study and learn and know how to do.… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
If you do not regard feminism with an uplifting sense of the gloriousness of woman's industrial destiny, or in the way, in… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
“I want you—" "Then fucking have me." "—but I don't want this." Alex wants to grab Henry and shake him, wants to… — Casey McQuiston Copy Share Image
