“I also believe that the one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The U.S. government must stand on the side of human rights, the rule of law, and democratic progress, not impede or otherwise… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Governments are committed to preserving the myth of their monopoly on violence. Violence belongs to everyone.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
The Bolivian government has promised to guarantee autonomy in the framework of unity, legality, and with the goal of equalizing the different… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
“As most of us know, both the left and the right of the political spectrum is controlled by the same people” — John Coleman Copy Share Image
The government should not be in control of the private sector. You create opportunity, you create business, you create development, you hand… — Mohammad bin Salman Copy Share Image
It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate for repressing the selfish undertakings of cliques… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
“Please do not think that I am accusing socialists of insincerity or that I wish to hold them up to scorn either… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Any democratic government, whether threatened by real or perceived enemies, can succumb to Fascism if its people permit the slow or precipitate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What we have now is a situation where politicians get a whole bunch of money from mainly business interests. Then once they… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
There is a place where we are always alone with our own mortality, where we must simply have something greater than ourselves… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
Politics is a matter of choices, and a man doesn't set up the choices himself. And there is always a price to… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
The chief duty of governments, in so far as they are coercive, is to restrain those who would interfere with the inalienable… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
Liberals hate religion because politics is a religion substitute for liberals and they can't stand the competition. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
We are trying to make politics more open. It became a Ukrainian tradition to make decisions behind closed doors. — Vitali Klitschko Copy Share Image
How to become a media star: Be a Republican who bucks the party line. How to be ignored by media: Be a… — John Nolte Copy Share Image
Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow. — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
“were denied direct participation in the government, forced to rely on wit and wile to influence the men who wielded raw power.” — Richard Phillips Copy Share Image
I knew most of my radio listeners were lefty political people, and I decided definitively not to be that guy - not… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
Our model of politics is one that it is inclusive of all members of the society; all should be represented. That is… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the… — Yahoo Serious Copy Share Image
A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government. — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
The history of government regulation of food safety is one of government watchdogs chasing the horse after it's out of the barn. — David Aaron Kessler Copy Share Image
Politicians need to rethink their reflexive invocations of the Second Amendment and the idea that the gun lobby is too powerful to… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponent will do it for you. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If taxes and government spending are both slashed, then the salutary result will be to lower the parasitic burden of government taxes… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
I believe in peace-building in any kind of platform, be it a political platform like Parliament or negotiations like peace-building negotiations. — Safak Pavey Copy Share Image
How right the working classes are in their "materialism." How right they are to realize that the belly comes before the soul,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
No government that is for the profiteers can also be for the people, and I am for the people, while the government… — Rose Pastor Stokes Copy Share Image
The reason that I decided to get into politics is because I have begged, pleaded, and cried for years for our government… — Paula Jean Swearengin Copy Share Image
It's really remarkable when you think about what we don't like about government, we, the people created. So if we created it,… — Jennifer Pahlka Copy Share Image
“it is all very well to shut oneself away from politics, but if one feels that a real crime is being done,… — Jane Fletcher Geniesse Copy Share Image
The right is absolute ... government has no authority to forbid me from owning a firearm ... the debate is not about… — Tom McClintock Copy Share Image
History shows that any attempt by government to interfere in the consumption of salt is always extremely unpopular. — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
“How can a reformation of the whole people be brought about if it is common knowledge that the Church itself is bent… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be. — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image