My goal in life is to get the federal government down to half its present size and under control, and then I… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Everywhere you look for comparisons of life under anarchy and life under government, life under government is less violent. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Launching a nice little war to divert national attention was a gambit no less appealing to nineteenth-century politicians than it is to… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Pro-active good governance aims beyond short-term requirement keeping in mind the long-term needs such as the use of clean technology and in… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
European pantywaists might keep voting for high-spending governments, but the U.S. was founded on a popular revolt against taxation. — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
The government of the United States of America has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Madison understood that if you want to protect rights from government abuse, you would be wise not to give government the power… — Roger Pilon Copy Share Image
Merging the ability to conduct surveillance that reveals every aspect of a person's life with the ability to conjure up the legal… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
A mentor long departed told me that the greatest gift in political life, in any life, is to view yourself objectively, at… — Hugh Carey Copy Share Image
A constitution, therefore, is to a government what the laws made afterwards by that government are to a court of judicature. The… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
“Visions are projections of one's fundamental beliefs and assumptions about human nature, technology, economics, science, politics, art, ethics, and the like. A… — James M. Kouzes Copy Share Image
Intersectionality is not easy. It's not as though the existing frameworks that we have - from our culture, our politics, or our… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
[T]he only thing the United States government ever did about slavery was to abolish it. Perhaps that was a mistake, but I… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Politics has become very unpredictable, making things so very difficult for individuals and also for companies. — Nicholas Bloom Copy Share Image
Although I voted Remain, I have desperately wanted the Government, in which I have been proud to serve, to make a success… — Jo Johnson Copy Share Image
So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representation in government and I think… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Banks don't come with an internal switch that says, 'Enough! Let's slow down a little.' Or, 'Let's just share this wealth around… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those people who grew up thinking I want to be a politician. I've seen the ups and the… — Francis X. Suarez Copy Share Image
No government proposal more complicated than "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" ever works. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Our job is to help Iraq forces be better equipped, to help their police be able to deal with these extremists and… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I don't like to do things about politics- well, explicitly about politics. I think there's a lot of political messaging within the… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The current global landscape is quite different from the not-too-distant past. The process of globalization has intensified, and the world is moving… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
Politicians never live up to all the hopes that we invest in them but I think he [Barack Obama] has made America… — Michael Fullilove Copy Share Image
As we pursue a smaller government, fiscal consolidation will need to deepen. And, mindful of the fiscal balance as we always are,… — Javier Milei Copy Share Image
The era of roadside decisions, declarations have gone. My government's decisions will be guided by teamwork and consultations. — Mwai Kibaki Copy Share Image
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Our message in NSW is government don't need to run businesses that are out of date when the private sector can do… — Gladys Berejiklian Copy Share Image
It's important for people not to hold a high opinion of politicians, and one of the strengths of the British is that… — Richard Ingrams Copy Share Image
“Mary wasn't brilliant.She was a good woman who let her emotions guide her politics. She just couldn't help being for anybody who… — Murray Morgan Copy Share Image
Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
(T)he Left has moved so far to the left that this pro-choice, lesbian feminist is now considered a Right-Winger! — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
The history of political movements in the African diaspora is that the solution to the problem is never in the hands of… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
Abstinence-only education - the best STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) and pregnancy delivery system that politicians have ever devised. — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
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