I'm tired of politicians saying one thing to get elected and then going to Washington, D.C., or Denver or wherever and completely… — Darryl Glenn Copy Share Image
The fantastic political and economic burdens imposed by that treaty have entirely disillusioned the German people and annihilated its belief in justice. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All, or nearly all, the advantage there is in fixing any constitutional limits to the power of a government, is simply to… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much… — Iris Chang Copy Share Image
It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they… — Nina Totenberg Copy Share Image
My Methodist upbringing was very formative in my politics. I was born in 1969, and there was all this ecumenical 'we're in… — Joel Burns Copy Share Image
“For political leaders in a democracy are not revolutionaries or leaders of creative thought. The best of them are those who respond… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
We are still waging Peloponnesian wars. Our control of the material world and our positive science have grown fantastically. But our very… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain… — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
“A complete history of sexual scandal in Washington will probably never be written, because the public does not want to read a… — Guillermo Jimenez Copy Share Image
We are moving into a world of unaccountable and secretive corporations that manage all our communications and work hand in hand with… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Incidentally, the same logic that would force one to accept the idea of the production of security by private business as economically… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
“And for those of us who are motivated by commitment to a specifically participatory politics of the commons, it’s not at all… — Adam Greenfield Copy Share Image
“But seeing his status doesn’t help,” Mindy said. “It’s not like we can do anything about it if he falls behind. This… — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
Bike lanes - I put that now in the category of things you shouldn't discuss at dinner parties, right? It used to… — Christine Quinn Copy Share Image
There are so many societies, so many churches, so many -isms, that it is almost impossible for an independent man to succeed… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I've experienced industry politics and... people telling me I'm never going to make it. I'll never listen. I'm doing me. — Snoh Aalegra Copy Share Image
I'm proud to be an Oakie from Muskogee, a place where even squares can have a ball. We still wave Old Glory… — Merle Haggard Copy Share Image
Providing access to a public option for health insurance would allow all Americans the choice to buy a government insurance plan, much… — Amy McGrath Copy Share Image
If we are now holding late-night talk-show hosts to the same moral accountability as we hold politicians or clergymen, I'm out. I'm… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
“Success will require the studied lack of sophistication of a Ronald Reagan and the casual dishonesty of an FDR. The president must… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The influence of being in New York, made me realize a lot of the ethical and political ideas I want to push… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
I designed collections around whatever struck my fancy... fruits, vegetables, politics, or peacocks! I entered in with no business sense. — Lilly Pulitzer Copy Share Image
If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours! — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In government and out, there are vast realms of the bureaucracy dedicated to seeking more information, in perpetuity if need be, in… — Meg Greenfield Copy Share Image
So many red lines have been crossed that people seem to think it is acceptable for politicians and the media to actually… — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
We've got the government shutdown, but the beginning of Obamacare. You know what that means? You can now complain to your doctor… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Government was intended to secure the rights and freedoms of the people; it wasn't intended to be all things to all people. — Nikki Haley Copy Share Image
“legal violence by our own government poses a greater threat to the future of this country—and certainly to individual black men—than illegal… — Paul Butler Copy Share Image
“When people communicate deceit, it's called politics. When people communicate honesty, it's called art.” — Gerard de Marigny Copy Share Image
Few things are as immutable as the addiction of political groups to the ideas by whichthey have once won office. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“More and more people are saying 'no' to government lies, corporate greed, and a slavish media. The silenced majority is finding its… — Amy Goodman Copy Share Image
Aping urbanity, Oozing with vanity, Plump as a manatee, Faking humanity, Intellectual inanity, Journalistic calamity, Fox Noise insanity, You're a profanity, Hannity — John Cleese Copy Share Image
... no human actions ever were intended by the Maker of men to be guided by balances of expediency, but by balances… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
If I were in the government, I would persuade the prime minister to see the beauty in the fact that people see… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
