The eternal question of U.S. politics is the whiny 'what have you done for me lately?' rather than the more incisive and… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property. — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
I don't think I should tell you what to do, nor should the government. As long as you enjoy your own personal… — Armie Hammer Copy Share Image
But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government. — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
Labour should have fought with every sinew in 2010 to retain power. To give up power voluntarily because you are tired of… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
“The ability to gauge intelligence is itself a form of intelligence. Monkeys don’t ponder how smart monkeys are. Ditto for politicians.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
A critical knowledge of the evolution of the idea of property would embody, in some respects, the most remarkable portion of the… — Lewis Henry Morgan Copy Share Image
In daily life, reality gives us material incentives to restrain our irrationality. But what incentive do we have to think rationally about… — Bryan Caplan Copy Share Image
Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The main plank in the National Socialist program is to abolish the liberalistic concept of the individual and the Marxist concept of… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“So inveterate is their appetite for Heaven that our best method, at this stage, of attaching them to earth is to make… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Until recent history, the central state represented about 5 percent of the economy. ...and further, governments were sufficiently distracted by war to leave… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Technology is the perfect refuge for African capability stifled elsewhere by badly run governments and years of misplaced foreign aid. Ubiquitous connectivity… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
The well-being of the British people and the health of our economy are far more important than any government's commitment to a… — Geoffrey Howe Copy Share Image
While sanctions against Iran and Syria are intended to constrain those countries' governments, they have had the unfortunate side effect of constraining… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Three times before, in the 1850s, the 1890s, and the 1920s, oligarchs took over the American government and threatened to destroy democracy.… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
I think we need to make sure that we are putting Social Security on a sustainable path. It's absolutely something that the… — Ken Buck Copy Share Image
Justice therefore demands that no one should do more ruling than being ruled, but that all should have their turn. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A program whose basic thesis is, not that the system of free enterprise for profit has failed in this generation, but that… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“When a man is on the road to power he buys everyone a drink. Once elected he tries to close the saloons.” — Robert Lautner Copy Share Image
America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them. — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
A lot of times, politicians will go to where their strongest force is and do things for them, and that's the type… — Jim Inhofe Copy Share Image
I am confident Pakistani government will provide me with adequate security, unlike the government at the time that sabotaged my mother's security… — Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Copy Share Image
If President Obama really wants to hurt the Syrian government, don't send cruise missiles. He should send over some of his economic… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Israel should share its great wealth with its neighbors, like the Palestinians, in areas like governance and investment as well as the… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
My first goal as governor is to restore public trust in state government by changing the culture of state government. — Sonny Perdue Copy Share Image
“And what hypocrisy it is on the part of our Government to have the Bible in our courts of law for the… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
It is unfortunate that people believe that in order to democratise something you have to get politicians out of the system. — Roosevelt Skerrit Copy Share Image
The federal government does not trample in jackboots those with whom it does business. It wraps them in cotton batting and, when… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
“An "attack on SeaWorld" might mean a bomb, or it might mean graffiti and glitter and a cream pie in the face.… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
Politics are a lousy way for a free man to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In general, we continue to believe that local governments should not have a competitive advantage when competing with the private sector, and… — John Williams Copy Share Image
Almost any government activity can also be seen as taking property 'without just compensation.' The basic model of an unconstitutional 'taking' would… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
To me, democratic socialism means democracy. It means creating a government that represents all of us, not just the wealthiest people in… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I think we live in a country that sometimes forgets how effective the rule of law is, perhaps because our governments have… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
Borrowers are nearly always ill-spenders, and it is with lent money that all evil is mainly done and all unjust war protracted. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Politicians themselves, every one of us, has a responsibility to make sure that we send out a message that it is a… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Every individual is fighting his own war for survival against the system.And system is destroying the sanctity of an individual — Madhu Vajpayee Copy Share Image
Technology plows through history at an accelerating rate, shifting the burden of production off labor into the nonhuman factor because man uses… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
