“Government was founded on the working premiss of being primarily an asylum for ineptitude and indigence.” — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
If a government is overreacting in this way and treating you as such a dangerous threat, then you know that you are… — Clare Rewcastle Brown Copy Share Image
The machine does not control the mind of man, though it affects the mind of man; it is the mind of man… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
In modern American politics, being the right kind of ignorant and entertainingly crazy is like having a big right hand in boxing;… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
Every age fraught with discord and danger seems to spawn a leader meant only for that age, a political giant whose absence,… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Millions who endure poverty and bad government can now know what they are missing. To see how the other half lives all… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I've thought about living the koala's life, but you may need to petition the government quarantine rules to make it happen. Quarantine… — Grumpy Cat Copy Share Image
I would continue to do the things that I do. I'd get into the field and work, and be an example to… — Cindy McCain Copy Share Image
“When we speak of authority at present we usually have in mind governmental authority. Actually, social order is most firm when imposed… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
But again, you know, the views that we've expressed are transferring power back from the federal government to the states, giving Alaska… — Joe Miller Copy Share Image
I consider both the West Bank and Gaza to be colonised, even though Gaza is not occupied in the same way that… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“The government enforces a monopoly over the production and distribution of its alleged 'services' and brings violence to bear against would-be competitors.… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
I am playing a principal who also teaches maths in a government school in 'Nil Battey Sannata,' the story of which is… — Pankaj Tripathi Copy Share Image
It is necessary that I should qualify the doctrine of its being not men, but measures, that I am determined to support.… — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux Copy Share Image
“some activists and theorists treat aesthetic objects and creative works as displaying a political potentiality missing from classes, parties, and unions. This… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Young people today seem to be coming around to the idea it really doesn’t matter which politician or political party you vote… — James Morcan Copy Share Image
The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
This is not about being liberal. This is not about being conservative. This is about making sure our government works for all… — Francine Busby Copy Share Image
If many have their turns to rule, ... this will encourage all men to advance Righteousness and that the Commonwealth will hereby… — Gerrard Winstanley Copy Share Image
We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them. — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
Even people who aren't engaged on the actual battlefield - the effects of war reach out like tentacles into families, into economies,… — Gary Cole Copy Share Image
“And the so-called 'political process' is a fraud: Our elected officials, like our bureaucratic functionaries, like even our judges, are largely the… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been… — Jack Layton Copy Share Image
“Nothing just happens in politics. If something happens you can be sure it was planned that way.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt” — Mae Brussell Copy Share Image
As an actor, the experience that I have as a politician while sitting in Parliament - that helps me enrich myself as… — Paresh Rawal Copy Share Image
“I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs. -Nancy Reagan, speaking at an… — Steven D. Price Copy Share Image
There are a lot of benefits representative of government and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system and it… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
I rebelled against all form of authority, against my grandfather, my step-father, the Church, the police, the government, the bosses. Everything male… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
No church that panders to the zeitgeist deserves respect, and very shortly it will not get respect, except from those who find… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture the flag. The party that loses the… — George F Will Copy Share Image
I happen to be a conservative, but one need not accept the Right's theories wholesale to acknowledge the sometimes negative effects of… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I have never understood why the politicians who are most eager to send soldiers into harm's way are always depicted as their… — Joe Conason Copy Share Image
When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in… — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
The wall is not a bilateral issue. It's not something that we discuss with the American government. Every country has a sovereign… — Luis Videgaray Caso Copy Share Image
You have to define how much of a cultural politician you are as a performer. There are times where I just want… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The government has completed the entire process to do away with interviews for lower rank jobs. There will be no requirement of… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a… — Jim Nussle Copy Share Image
“While there is still time, we must exercise what freedom we still have to vote every Democrat and every Republican out of… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
All we have and are is based on the Christian faith, which has shaped law, government, morals, music, landscape, and education here… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image