Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I bring a lot of passion to my life and my politics - I don't mind saying there is a very strong… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you asked a Singaporean, on the one hand they'll say, 'Let us do our own things.' On the other hand, when… — Lee Hsien Loong Copy Share Image
If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to the full amount of their demand if… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The only creature less fashionable in academia than the stereotypical 'dead white male,' is the dead white male on horseback. — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
Whenever the government says, 'It's time to move on,' that means there's something they don't want you to know about. — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events. — George Will Copy Share Image
To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most… — John Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“...poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty. They get it wrong not by mistake or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Government is the thing. Law is the thing. Not brotherhood, not international cooperation, not security councils that can stop war only by… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I think, for some artists, the fear of taking on a political identity stems from not wanting to be pigeonholed as political… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think politics and films are a great combination. Still, I have the urge in me to do really good roles. But… — Jaya Prada Copy Share Image
Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
If I can entertain people and get them to open up a little bit, then they're much more conducive to any ideas… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
For years, Taiwan has been dominated politically by a single party, the Kuomintang. People now want the place to be more democratic.… — Tsai Ing-wen Copy Share Image
“And because this is now a political problem, the usual political syllogism applies: (a) is a problem: Something Must Be Done, (b)… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
What we should be asking is not whether we need a big government or small government, but how we can create a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
The definition of an extreme authoritarian is one who is willing blindly to assume that government accusations are true without any evidence… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several… — James Madison Copy Share Image
People can get information - on entertainment, politics, finance - much easier than before. That will change the way people do business,… — Robin Li Copy Share Image
The only way I could be extradited is through the principle of what my lawyers call "politics trumps law." — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The whole New Deal was in a sense just a series of public options, some more optional than others, that offered government… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
“Set your mind back to africa, Don't try to go by what they do wherever you are in abroad, Don't turn into… — Leopard Akande Copy Share Image
BJP is a political party with a difference that aims at good governance. This is proved by the fact that three of… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
Development seems to have become the agenda only of government. It is seen as a scheme. That should not be the case.… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
American politics is a struggle, not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force,… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
It is the theory of all modern civilized governments that they protect and foster the liberty of the citizen; it is the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness... but only when you pay your taxes? That means your freedom is rented, leased, &… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
The government cannot do everything all at once. It can't wave a magic wand and meet everyone's demands simultaneously. — Corazon Aquino Copy Share Image
If you chose to serve in Congress or on a congressional staff, you should be barred for life from working for any… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
“Whenever the masses seized political power, then it was happiness rather than truth and beauty that mattered.” — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Undertaking initially to protect its citizens against aggression, [government] has often itself become … a far greater aggressor. — John Hospers Copy Share Image
Four years in the White House and two presidential campaigns is an awful long time. In politics, every year in the White… — George Stephanopoulos Copy Share Image
If the government can make money, what on earth does it collect taxes for you and me for? Why don't it make… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image