Disunion and civil war are at hand; and yet I fear disunion and war less than compromise. We can recover from them.… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The power should be in individual democracies in individual communities. It shouldn't be an oligarchy or some small group of elite. Power… — Finn Jones Copy Share Image
When a democracy reaches a point where the politicians cannot say no to the people, and both parties are competing for votes… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
You'd think experienced political professionals would know better than to place their trust in exit polls, notoriously inaccurate surveys that had John… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
When I need to take a side, I write a newspaper article and I tell my government, "You should not do that,… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
With divisive curriculum such as Critical Race Theory being taught in schools, and parents who are expressing concerns about curriculum and policy… — Nicole Malliotakis Copy Share Image
War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout society these irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate cooperation… — Randolph Bourne Copy Share Image
When you look at somebody like a Netanyahu, to simply not understand that this is a right-wing politician, a guy who kind… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
If a revolution destroys a systematic government, but the systematic patterns of thought that produced that government are left intact, then those… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
“Washington” has become for many a dirty word that connotes self-serving politicians and devious lobbyists. To be sure, they are there, but… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
When I left law school, I wanted to go into the government, into the tax policy area. I got the job that… — Dan Burt Copy Share Image
There are two parties involved in every corrupt transaction, typically a government official and a business person. Yet those who pay bribes… — Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Copy Share Image
If I had political responsibility, I would want to prepare for a plan B that would foresee that the European currency union,… — Peer Steinbruck Copy Share Image
No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation,… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
As the United States drifts from its Judeo-Christian foundation and as the state becomes ever more pervasive in American life, government could… — H. Wayne House Copy Share Image
Oswald Mosley's movement, it was a big movement. It was obviously anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, it was populist. Mosley wanted to replace the parliamentary… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
Look, the Democrats are obstructionists; that's all they can do is obstruct. They have no leadership. And we have to agree, and… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is… — Polybius Copy Share Image
I'm a novelist, and idle speculation is what novelists do. How odd to spend one's life trying to pretend that non-existent people… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“THESE MANIFESTATIONS OF BACKLASH—against family breakup, illegitimacy, welfare, crime, riots, black activists, anti-war demonstrators, long-haired hippies, government programs that favored minorities, elitists,… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
A political revolution must proceed simultaneously with the nationalist revolution. When we overthrow the Manchu regime, we will achieve not only a… — Sun Yat-sen Copy Share Image
Frankly speaking, we all know that provoking military and political instability, regional, and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The workmen in a factory may have a shadowy, unknown absentee "employer" - the thousands of individual owners of stock - whom… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You can't have a government within the country and not have control over everything… — Salman Khurshid Copy Share Image
If you think of politics as 'serious people focusing seriously on the most important questions,' which is the default mode of most… — Dominic Cummings Copy Share Image
Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
“So if you're anti-war, be pro-peace instead. If you're antihunger, be pro-people having more than enough to eat. If you are anti-a-particular… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
I mean, I'm from the Joan Rivers, Don Rickles kind of old-school comedy in that nothing is off the table, certainly not… — Randy Rainbow Copy Share Image
When you're in government, of course, you have protection and you have people who are looking out for your wellbeing, but you… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I've never been a passive political supporter. My grandmother, Betty Kleitz , god bless her soul, was from Tuskegee, Alabama, took parts… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Now, I've always known that there were bullies in the world. We've seen a lot of it in politics lately as well… — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What is all the enormous amount of activity spent uselessly in politics every day but an expression of the need to lend… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
I started using my blog to get information about cities I was about to visit, asking followers what the main problems there… — Beppe Grillo Copy Share Image
When I need to take a side, I write a newspaper article and I tell my government, "You should not do that,… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
No diplomatic intervention will ever be made by any government that I lead in support of any individual terrorist's life. We have… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
It is unclear how disarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout… — Rick Scott Copy Share Image
“Democratic politics is about persuasion, not self-expression. I’m here, I’m queer will never provoke more than a pat on the head or… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
And it's absolutely hypocritical for the political party that talks about states rights, to suddenly ignore states rights, that say that the… — Gary Ackerman Copy Share Image
Politics becomes a part of a writer's working life. The writer's protagonists are born in the context of the feelings that this… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
