The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When politicians presume to do God's work, they do not become divine but diabolical. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The government plans to bring in a new science, technology and innovation policy in 2013. — Vayalar Ravi Copy Share Image
Poetry was the maiden I loved, but politics was the harridan I married. — Joseph Howe Copy Share Image
The Blair government has lowered the standing of politics and politicians in our country. — Kenneth Clarke Copy Share Image
Every one must be familiar with the often expressed opinion, that, as a practical politician, Mr. Mill's career was essentially a failure. — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Certainly we can end racism with love. We can demand that the federal government change its emphasis on racial distinction. — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Sales of George Orwell's 1984 have skyrocketed. It's true. So the fallout from the (NSA spying) scandal is worse than we thought.… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I do think that people ought to have some control over their money, rather than the government, just mandating to them how… — Saxby Chambliss Copy Share Image
Freedom is our most precious commodity and if we are not eternally vigilant, government will take it all away. Individual freedom demands… — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from men who are aggressive for what is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or… — Plato Copy Share Image
A heck of a lot more accountability comes from individuals or the church doing it than the government, that signs off on… — Doug LaMalfa Copy Share Image
The only liberty that is valuable is a liberty connected with order; that not only exists along with order and virtue, but… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Since it is necessary to grant six million Filipinos their rights, so that they may be in fact Spaniards, let the government… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
Few, if any, political analysts predicted the Arab Spring. The raw energy of millions of protestors in the streets of Tunis and… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
“Although a democratic government is founded upon a very simple and natural principle, it always presupposes the existence of a high degree… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am a Republican because I believe in the constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility as… — Martha Raye Copy Share Image
I've been around long enough to not take seriously statements like I am about to be crushed. I'm about how do we… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
When government gets too big, freedom is lost. Government is supposed to be the servant. But when a government can tax the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Politics are always a struggle for power, disguised and modified by prudence, reason and moral pretext. — William Hurrell Mallock Copy Share Image
What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car? — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“What is a government but an institutionalized method of making sure somebody else does all the work?” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I think that so far the political and economic power of the fossil fuel industry has trumped all else. — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
I used to talk politics with my father all the time before he passed away. — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
In politics a community of hatred is almost always the foundation of friendships. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy. — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment. — Ken Buck Copy Share Image
I've never paid attention to politics. I only have the vaguest notion of what the IRA is. — Nicholas Haslam Copy Share Image
A minority government can't govern without support from other parties. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Corruption is not the sole test of your worthiness to form the government. — P. Chidambaram Copy Share Image
“What happened to the good old days when rich white men just bought their way into office?” — Jennifer Crusie Copy Share Image
