“I thought I ran over a politician’s dog, but when I discovered it was his wig, I was disappointed.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The Democrats want government to do the spending. Senator McCain wants families to do the spending. — Phil Gramm Copy Share Image
I think people are tired of politicians trying to poke each other in the eye. — Mark Warner Copy Share Image
Does the owner of the restaurant own his restaurant? Or does the government own his restaurant? — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The media I've had a lot to do with is lazy. We fed them and they ate it every day. — Michael Deaver Copy Share Image
Either you will control your government, or government will control you. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Politics is an art and not a science, and what is required for its mastery is not the rationality of the engineer… — Hans J. Morgenthau Copy Share Image
Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Political activists rarely like fiction of any kind. Literature is about ambiguity, mixed emotions, and guilty pleasures. Politics is about ideals and… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
“When it comes to politicians, the question is not ‘Are they corrupt?’, but rather ‘How corrupt are they?’.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Art has political consequences, which is to say, it reorganizes society and creates constituencies of people around it. — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
Under Reagan's policies, inflation and nominal GNP growth shriveled much faster than predicted, throwing off government revenue estimates and resulting in budget… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
Free and just political institutions are absolutely essential to the progress and development both of the individual and of the race. — Hugh Price Hughes Copy Share Image
“Truth is a matter for theologians and philosophers. Politics is not concerned with the truth but with perceptions.” — Mathias Frey Copy Share Image
“If the 1970s had been the time of radical theories, then the 1980s were the time when politics began increasingly to replace… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
Access to the national dividend is usually to be had only on condition of some productive service previously rendered or of some… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
Artists are political in the sense that they've subtracted themselves from the structure of the marketplace and are contributing something that's not… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
But then you say, Well, who makes the decision? Does the government make the decision? The reason this is such a national… — John H Richardson Copy Share Image
“The political liberty, of the subject, (separation of powers), is a tranquility of mind arising from the opinion each person has of… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The media - and I'm not blaming them - obviously like to seize on the differences between people and, sure, there are… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
The Congressional Budget Office is a reactionary socialist institution which does not believe in economic growth, does not believe in innovation, and… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
I never wished to be a politician, and I despise them. I've also wrestled with it over the years, and I deeply… — Mark Flood Copy Share Image
Political commercials encourage the deceptive, the destructive and the degrading. — John O'Toole Copy Share Image
Many Americans, we know, are horrified by the posture of their government but seem to be helpless. — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought. — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“There is no gift of principles, you must apply them if you want to move forward.” — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
In countries where all the crooked politicians wear pin-striped suits, the best people are bare-assed. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
When something really comes from the soul, I think it has a truth that you cannot find in politics. — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
The caterpillars of the commonwealth, Which I have sworn to weed and pluck away. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We will not let government bureaucracy stand in the way of helping small businesses. — Chris Sununu Copy Share Image
The First Amendment says that we can protest and call to - on our government to address grievances. — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
The point is to make the pie grow faster and distribute the new growth more equitably. — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Communism has defeated itself everywhere except... in American colleges. — Paul Harvey Copy Share Image
We don't agree with the notion of the government to remove governors. It is unconstitutional. — Mayawati Copy Share Image