It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people. — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
“...the last official act of any government is to loot their own treasury.” — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
Governments that try to shoot for a surplus hardly ever reach it. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
She cannot see an institution without hitting it with her handbag. — Julian Critchley Copy Share Image
The actor in me borrows from the politician and the politician in me borrows from the actor. — Shatrughan Sinha Copy Share Image
Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both. — Margrethe Vestager Copy Share Image
Hypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[People] just don't seem to want to give [Donald Trump] any kind of berth at all, let alone a wide berth, to… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
It is wrong to ask who will rule. The ability to vote a bad government out of office is enough. That is… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
I shake hands very gladly politically. I don't think you could be a politician if you didn't shake hands. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced is that between friend and enemy. — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and… — Corazon Aquino Copy Share Image
I brought attention to the fact that people need to be more involved in politics and not just let the establishment continue… — Carlos Beruff Copy Share Image
Anyone who says they are not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested in water. — Nateman Copy Share Image
[D]ebt increases that didn't arise either from war or from extraordinary financial crisis are entirely associated with hard-line conservative governments. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“It was a long time since I had been in a theatre. And I would not have come now had Pat not… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
I think Mrs Thatcher did more damage to democracy, equality, internationalism, civil liberties, freedom in this country than any other Prime Minister… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
From cradle to grave this problem of running order through chaos, direction through space, discipline through freedom, unity through multiplicity, has always… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Seems to me we move the furniture, the French come in later and put the doilies on top of it...It's a simple… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Sunday was the normal day for the political awareness session at sea. Ordinarily Putin would have officiated, reading some Pravada editorials, followed… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
Politics is not really different from marriage. You cannot get things done in your relationship if you tell your wife: Look, if… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
“Modern liberalism's perfectionist ambitions - reflected in its progenitor (and current euphemism), progressivism - seeks to harness the power of government, the… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
When I spend my time out on the campaign trail, it's usually about what I can do for somebody else. I don't… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature. — Murray Kempton Copy Share Image
I am trying to send directions out and keep control of state government for the final month. — Scott McCallum Copy Share Image
People who leave Washington do so by way of the box... ballet or coffin. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics. — Vijay Copy Share Image
The totalitarian toil-state originates in the propertylessness of the majority. — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
In Pakistan, if you have to become a cricketer you have to be a politician first. — Wasim Akram Copy Share Image
Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work. — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
“When God wished to punish France, he took away the Bourbons from her governance” — Louis de Bonald Copy Share Image
Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality. — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
“A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones” — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
When borrowers anticipate that politicians might cancel their loans, they stop paying. — Arundhati Bhattacharya Copy Share Image
Undoubtedly the desire for food has been and still is one of the main causes of political events. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I wish that all Americans would realize that American politics is world politics. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I didn't go into politics because I wanted to win a popularity contest. — Andrew Lansley Copy Share Image
Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image