Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed. — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I'm a Labour politician, but, you know, I can see decent Tories with good ideas. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government. — Peter Camejo Copy Share Image
Together, we stood for greater accountability and transparency in government. — Glenn Youngkin Copy Share Image
“It's no surprise to him what any government does, least of all his own.” — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
It is disconcerting to sit with your parent and find you're turning over your future to your government, which can't manage their… — Jackie Walorski Copy Share Image
A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high… — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
“I want to have five or six wives, and a few dozen sheep, all for my pleasure. I should be a politician.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“People are naturally born as Libertarians till governments and oppressive societies force them to adopt their ideologies and their ways.” — Hany Ghoraba Copy Share Image
It is truly a triumph of rhetoric over reality when people can believe that going into politics is 'public service,' but that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Israel wants to make it clear to the government of Egypt that it has no aggressive intentions whatsoever against any Arab state… — Levi Eshkol Copy Share Image
It would be a healthy exercise for every politician to look in the mirror every morning and remind himself that he holds… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
There is no magic. Harry Potter was probably the last one. There are no Harry Potters in politics. There are people who… — Dora Bakoyannis Copy Share Image
Look, you are interested in trying to make sure that governments keep a clean environment, have regard for the lifestyles of indigenous… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Politicians and bureaucrats are substituting their uninformed, largely political decisions for those of the marketplace. Their past miscalculations demonstrate that they do… — Mark Levin Copy Share Image
The ruler who possesses methods of government does not follow the good that happens by chance but practices according to necessary principles.… — Han Fei Copy Share Image
People in any organization, including bureaucrats and politicians, are always attached to the obsolete; the obsolescent; the things that should have worked… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“John Locke says that whatever other tasks a government undertakes—whether humanitarian or otherwise—its primary duty is to protect its own citizens from… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
What has happened to protesters in the past was that, basically, the government in 2012 put an end to a series of… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
