It's the libertarians who want to reclaim decision-making for themselves. It's the small government folks who see government as a great Leviathan… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
In the Steven F. Austin Colony, which was the first colony, Texans first established a provisional government in 1835 with the intention… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
Health care got done because there were a lot of people out there who aren't professional politicians, but are citizens, who pushed… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Trump is a man who, for better or worse, stands in opposition to the institutions that dominate American political life. — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
Liberal democracies do not and often cannot respond in kind to cyberattacks on their own way of governance. — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Copy Share Image
Occasionally, a finger comes up to wipe a tear [of laughter] from the eye... and that's my reward... the rest goes to… — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
Moving swiftly between different arenas like politics, architecture or commercial design is what I would consider defintive of my generation. I am… — Sarah Morris Copy Share Image
A compassionate government keeps faith with the trust of the people and cherishes the future of their children. — Lyndon B Johnson Copy Share Image
Being a politician means never having to say you're sorry. You don't have to say, 'I never should have voted to subsidize… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
When people treat corruption as a routine part of the process, you have something far worse than wrongdoing or moral failing. You… — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
It is true that we have not deliberately or wholly abandoned the Christian element in our tradition, but does that element count… — Robert McCracken Copy Share Image
“During my three seasons at Mount Rainier I learned a lot about mountain climbing and rescues, about politics and camaraderie in the… — Bree Loewen Copy Share Image
Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Prior to the 2014 General Election, the country was passing through a phase of uncertainty. After the elections, my government assumed charge… — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
“Don't tell me about the Press. I know *exactly* who reads the papers. The Daily Mirror is read by the people who… — Antony Jay Copy Share Image
The framers of our Constitution understood the dangers of unbridled government surveillance. They knew that democracy could flourish only in spaces free… — Elizabeth Holtzman Copy Share Image
The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Before I got into politics, I wanted to be a missionary to people in the Middle East. I thought it would be… — Jonathan Krohn Copy Share Image
In the old days, the media is who held people accountable when they lied in politics. That isn't happening anymore. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Every country in history that has gone down dark paths, where governments take on too much control and really intervene and take… — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
Some politicians were probably too lax about the rise of an extremist, fundamentalist, radical ideology. — Charles Michel Copy Share Image
Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
This is not 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia, where Russia can threaten its neighbors, occupy a capital, overthrow a government, and… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
When traders will start cancelling orders from China it will send a powerful message to Chinese government that antagonising India will extract… — Sonam Wangchuk Copy Share Image
By extorting water through permitting, leasing, and other use schemes, government bureaucrats have trampled on the rights of local communities. — Lauren Boebert Copy Share Image
In politics, love is a stranger, and when it intrudes upon it nothing is being achieved except hypocrisy. — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Thinking I'd be in politics just wasn't something I'd thought of as a younger woman. There just weren't a lot of role… — Jacky Rosen Copy Share Image
Hypocrisy needs to be called out in American politics, and the absurd has reached the point where it is just insufferable. — Ana Navarro Copy Share Image
I've never met any strong critic of the United States anywhere in the world who gave us any credit for having limit… — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
I obviously grew up with politics and have always been interested in ways in which people can get involved with it and… — John F. Kennedy Jr Copy Share Image
Government has crowded out the role of many social institutions, including the Church, that have been a great force for good in… — Wendy Long Copy Share Image
I learned from my past, and I now employ those lessons going forward, looking to the future - don't you think it's… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
We are making politics a spectator sport in which our only duty is to vote somebody into office and then retire to… — David Gergen Copy Share Image
I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track — Amy Goodman Copy Share Image
Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
U.S. assistance provides the Jordanian government needed flexibility to pursue policies that are of critical importance to U.S. national security and to… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust and quite a few of them deadly? — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
We are a nation founded on distrust of government power, and questioning that power is essential to promoting transparency and accountability. — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists. — Carol Bellamy Copy Share Image
When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image