Nine-tenths of the activities of a modern Government are harmful; therefore the worse they are performed, the better. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There is no doubt whatsoever that the U.S. government, lead by Mr. Bush, planned and participated in a coup d'etat in Venezuela… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
The U.S. government is selling $30 billion worth of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Yeah, it's part of a new initiative called,… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I was born and brought up in south east London and been very conscious for a long time that people feel politics… — James Cleverly Copy Share Image
In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely normal,… — Charles Edison Copy Share Image
But I was an utterly hopeless politician and I worked out that I would be much better suited to making money and… — Dido Harding Copy Share Image
At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
“Politics isn't about big money or power games, it's about the improvement of people's lives. Paul Wellstone” — Dr. Amy E. Black Copy Share Image
“It is possible that the next economic downturn--or stock market crash--will bring on further developments. During the recession at the end of… — Steve Brouwer Copy Share Image
The peoples of many countries are being taxed to the point of poverty and starvation in order to enable Governments to engage… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Fortunately, both governments have been in favor of studying the Mexican migration problem in greater depth. For the first time, I think,… — Ernesto Zedillo Copy Share Image
From 1789, perhaps even before that, it had been the willingness of politicians to exploit either the threat or the fact of… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Chairman Mao once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. He was only partly right: power that comes… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Voting is not an act of political freedom. It is an act of political conformity. Those who refuse to vote are not… — Wendy McElroy Copy Share Image
Since the Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954, Movement Conservatives have tapped into the idea that an activist government redistributed… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Governments show thus how successfully men can be imposed on, even impose on themselves, for their own advantage. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“There is no glory in the sacrificing of oneself in the name of imperialism by order of elitist politicians. But this is… — Aaron B. Powell Copy Share Image
“If you can’t come into a room and tell right away who is for you and who is against you, you have… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
In my case, I think people are surprised that I'm doing exactly what I said I was going to do when I… — Rick Scott Copy Share Image
“Bismarck defined political intuition as the ability to hear, before anybody else, “the distant hoofbeats of history.” — Michael Dobbs Copy Share Image
To me, a mark of maturity is realizing that nobody runs the world. Fat cat politicians and secret conspiracies don't control our… — George Meyer Copy Share Image
The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality. — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
“The fate of the Right in the late modern age is to destroy what remains of the past in a vain attempt… — John Gray Copy Share Image
Men and governments must act to the best of their ability. There is no such thing as absolute certainty but there is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I am not partisan in my economic thinking. We work with any number of state governments, many of which are BJP governments. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon, and it will be American. — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
It is conceivable that a party might gain the majority in parliament and claims the government for itself. — Franz von Papen Copy Share Image
You shouldn't change your behavior because a government agency somewhere is doing the wrong thing. If you sacrifice your values because you're… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Old Burmese (now Myanmar) proverb: Burmese proverb: Government is one of the five evils along with fire, floods, thieves and enemies.” — Jeffrey Friedland Copy Share Image
My father's politics and ideas were, to me, unforgivable. He was a Jewish convert who became very anti-Semitic, and I didn't find… — Mary Gordon Copy Share Image
Other people can write grown-up, political plays about the troubles in the world. My plays deal with magic and hope. — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
The powers of the federal government are enumerated; it can only operate in certain cases; it has legislative powers on defined and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I have been long a sleeper; but I trust My absence doth neglect no great design Which by my presence might have… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
As a historian, he felt it his duty to respect everything that had ever been respected, except for the occasional statesman. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Through the years, I had became involved with social and political issues, such as racial discrimination. — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
the whole flavor and quality of the American representative government turns to ashes on the tongue, if one regards that government as… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
If the Olympics fail, human rights will suffer. The government would stop paying any attention to the rest of the world. I… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
