Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
It is very easy to accuse a government of imperfection, for all mortal things are full of it. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
“Service is the rent we pay for the life we have been given.” — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
No vicarious charity can substitute for justice which is due as an obligation and is wrongfully denied. — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
The gardener plants trees, not one berry of which he will ever see: and shall not a public man plant laws, institutions,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
A Conservative majority government will get Brexit done, so we can focus on making sure our education system sets our children up… — Gavin Williamson Copy Share Image
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Washington is deeply frustrating because so many of the positions that politicians hold are a product of ephemeral self-interest. They reverse themselves,… — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
What do we know about the diseases carried by illegal aliens? Not much, thanks to government secrecy, but we know enough to… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
“When individuals and communities do not govern self, they risk being ruled by external forces that care less about the well-being of… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The government should not do everything for everybody all the time, but it should provide basic services to everyone who needs them.… — Ron Dellums Copy Share Image
My mistakes made were learning how to work with different groups of people. I mean, I went to school at Berkeley, which… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
I think my whole life had centered on Democratic politics. I was very much in that bubble. I worked in the Clinton… — Kirsten Powers Copy Share Image
Wealth plays out in the political sphere in all kinds of ways, often personally. Can Hillary Clinton represent the interests of working… — Anand Giridharadas Copy Share Image
My view on politics is much more grassroots oriented; it's not old boy network oriented, so I tend to, you know, come… — Michael Steele Copy Share Image
I don't think it's in any way harmful, this marriage of media and politicians. I think it enhances the communications process considerably… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Internet exchanges and internet service providers - international fiber optic landing points - these are the key tools that governments go after… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“There is nothing your knife handlers can do in the way of rioting and demonstrating that will have any permanent effect as… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Rock n' roll seems to have changed society much more than any politician, I think it really has. — Roger Daltrey Copy Share Image
Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right? — William Morley Punshon Copy Share Image
John Boehner chose a huge gavel. I think somebody's compensating for his small government. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
It's the last best trick of a losing Democrat, is to accuse the Republicans of racism. — Erick Erickson Copy Share Image
I saw a startling sight today, a politician with his hands in his own pockets. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Humankind's desire for peace can be realized only by the creation of a world government. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
When I was 17, I came to the U.S. to study Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University. — Julia Bacha Copy Share Image
We don't ever want to be this political band. We're just a bunch of dudes. — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
Every person in this country is suffering because of bad governance. — Arvind Kejriwal Copy Share Image
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