“Didn’t somebody once say ‘Politics is the art of the possible’?” “Quite true—which is why only second-rate minds go into it. Genius… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The government has confiscated over 360 acres of my choicest pastureland to build a radar intercepting station. — Fred MacMurray Copy Share Image
“The world is full of questions. Whether the topic is politics, race, relationships, the environment, or religion (especially religion), there seem to… — Bruce Bickel Copy Share Image
The information that follows is taken primarily...from government hearings and reports published from various Senate and House committees. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
It is imperative the government is held accountable to the people it represents and does not abuse its position in key areas… — Damian Green Copy Share Image
The dioxin story is the story of how science has failed to provide us with answers, how corporations control policymaking and decisions… — Lois Gibbs Copy Share Image
The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is… — Tom G. Palmer Copy Share Image
Unlike the victims of 9/11, who received plenty of relief aid compensation from the government and charitable institutions, those who suffered hate… — Puneet Issar Copy Share Image
I'm not good at talking politics. I'm probably not well-versed enough to speak out, but I do have my opinions and my… — Lights Copy Share Image
The U.S. is a great government, is a great country. The U.S. did sign the Paris Agreement. It's extremely aggressive to decide… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
“How about this? Hong Kong had been appropriated by British drug pushers in the 1840s. We wanted Chinese silk, porcelain, and spices.… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a… — Hugo Grotius Copy Share Image
“Some women do not masturbate for pleasure; they masturbate to make a political statement: to remind us that women do not really… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The current nation-state model is the product of thousands of years of political, social, and cultural evolution. I mean, it was only… — Stephen Miller Copy Share Image
Where Corbyn was seen at first as the joker in the pack, he's garnered support because no one is in any doubt… — Cathy Newman Copy Share Image
That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those who have children and give less to… — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the 21st century, government efforts should focus on 'multiculturalism', including the diversity of languages. — Eduardo Bhatia Copy Share Image
The plain truth is that what holds a free state together is neither general will nor a common interest, but simply politics… — Bernard Crick Copy Share Image
However, I have a low opinion of people with narrow political horizons. Someone who talks about the environment and knows nothing about… — Sigmar Gabriel Copy Share Image
Compassion is defined not by how many people are on the government dole but by how many people no longer need government… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
There is always some basic principle that will ultimately get the Republican party together. If my observations are worth anything, that basic… — Anselm J. McLaurin Copy Share Image
I believe I am more conservative than Bob Dole; I believe I am more committed to fundamentally changing American government than Bob… — Phil Gramm Copy Share Image
It is in the social sphere, in the realm of politics and economics, that the Will to Order becomes really dangerous. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
There is a flaw in the operation of representative government. The flaw produces the growth of government. — Allan H. Meltzer Copy Share Image
There are lots of levels of fear and complaint about the government getting involved in business. First and foremost, of course, is… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The most startling aspect of the nutrition situation in India is that it is not much of an issue in public debates… — Jean Dreze Copy Share Image
Today a newcomer to the state is automatically eligible for our many aid programs the moment he crosses the border. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The people of Zimbabwe have a responsibility to ensure that the government that they elected behaves properly. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined. — Leopold von Ranke Copy Share Image
Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule. — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
“At 5.45 a.m. the important scientists finished their coffee and played rock paper scissors to see who had to phone the government.” — Mitch Benn Copy Share Image
Political Science carries inseparably with it the study of piety, and that he who is not pious cannot be truly wise. — Giambattista Vico Copy Share Image
The Civic Culture (and The Civic Culture Revisited) remains the best study of comparative political culture in our time. — Aaron Wildavsky Copy Share Image
Trying to gin up political violence for its electoral utility is - I think inarguably what we're seeing here. And I know… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
[Winston Churchill] never spares himself in conversation. He gives himself so generously that hardly anyone else is permitted to give anything in… — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Governments everywhere, including here in the Unites States, have created ever-expanding bureaucracies that regulate nearly every aspect of our lives. — Richard Ebeling Copy Share Image