“Political language . . . is designed to make its lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“The Anglo-American tradition of constitutional thinking should be understood in this way, as addressing the question of how to limit the power… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
I definitely learned about the inner workings of campaigns enough to know that I'm glad that I'm not in politics. — Constance Zimmer Copy Share Image
Our country was founded on a distrust of government. Our founding fathers gave power to the people to keep an eye on… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Pops added,you know, they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve. And if you do, you never get… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
Voters did say 'repeal health care', they did say 'reduce the size of government.' But not a single one of them from… — Chuck Schumer Copy Share Image
During the 1960s, rising real wages for low-income and high-income workers, due in part to rapid economic growth and the spread of… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Violence is taught systematically from various angles in the television serials and cinemas. The Police are shown as partnering with nasty politicians… — T Joseph Benziger Copy Share Image
Singapore shall cease to be a state of Malaysia and shall forever be an independent and sovereign state and nation separate from… — Tunku Abdul Rahman Copy Share Image
Promote then as an object of primary importance, Institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“We take this reality for granted, thinking it is natural, inevitable and immutable. We forget that our world was created by an… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Those who insist that a Church program exist for every contingency and need are as much in error as their counterparts who… — Dean L. Larsen Copy Share Image
The music industry is so fickle, there's so many politics. I think a lot of people don't pay attention to the credits… — Bow Wow Copy Share Image
Government schools can go for decades delivering low-quality services, and what's the result? The people who manage it earn higher pay. It's… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Unless the digital divide is narrowed soon, the United States may be headed to the class warfare of a century ago, the… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
We're in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didn't want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion… — Neil Patrick Harris 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
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
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
I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
All politicians know that every 'temporary' political initiative promised as a short-term poultice stays on the books forever. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
Always and everywhere, the only serious political issue is what the state should and should not do. All the rest distracts. — Llewellyn Rockwell 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
The rise of populist parties such as the Five Star Movement in Italy and the Front National in France are rocking the… — Nicholas Bloom 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
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
“The working class had imposed upon them a sterile and authoritarian educational system which mirrored the ethos of the corporate workplace.” — Anthony M. Platt Copy Share Image
While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would be happy to accept asylum, political asylum, in India — a nation I love. In return, I will bring Mayawati… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
“If Madison in the 1780s was a philosopher king, Madison in the 1790s was a formidable practicing politician, and so skillful at… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
In the 1970s the government propped up managers who couldn't run their industries properly. Nowadays they prop up our lousy managers who… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
As an Asst. Secretary of State, I often urged authoritarian governments around the world not to use emergency powers to defy their… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
If two people of the same sex fall in love and want to marry, why would our government stand in their way? — Bob Casey, Jr Copy Share Image