“The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum." (Adlai E. Stevenson, 1900-1965, American… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
Every government, left or right, always engages in moral crusades. What else are they supposed to do? Especially when they make war;… — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
If someone doesn't have a reason to not like you in America, they talk politics or religion. Then they get to hate… — Wale Copy Share Image
“Mostly what is called political science seems to me a device, invented by university teachers, for avoiding that dangerous subject politics, without… — Alfred Cobban Copy Share Image
When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I don't see how a socialist government can tolerate hunting on horseback. The people who do this are snobs; they're very well-to-do. — Brigitte Bardot Copy Share Image
Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud what the country could do under first-class management. — Doug Larson Copy Share Image
Politics is about maintaining a framework for ordered liberty so that people can live in the neighborhoods and the communities that they… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
“When the landed gentry cut up a seed cake for tea it makes no difference to the cake which of them holds… — M. John Harrison Copy Share Image
How do we address network neutrality when the whole world is connected? How do we ensure governments don't purloin this for political… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
“Truthfulness, honor, is not something which springs ablaze of itself; it has to be created between people. This is true in political… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
The best tribute we can pay Madiba is to ensure that our political debate focuses on issues of how best we can… — Helen Zille Copy Share Image
[Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964], many governments in southern states forced people to segregate by race. Civil rights advocates fought… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
You have ceded the concept of your own rights. You've converted them into something you get as a revocable privilege from the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I always felt different because I didn't pick one specific clique or group to be a part of, and I didn't choose… — Cassadee Pope Copy Share Image
From where many of us in the U.K. sit, American politics is hopelessly polarized. All kinds of issues get bundled up into… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
I think the air is out of the gun control balloon, and I think what popped the balloon is politics and elections. — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
My politics are food-related - food banks, the living wage, zero hour contracts - and my food is political. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
“It is almost safe to say that no government is likely to be overthrown until it loses the ability to make adequate… — Brinton Crane Copy Share Image
I've been concerned about ethics in government for a long time. And the problems we've had under President Trump are only indicative… — Richard Painter Copy Share Image
Politicians will talk strategy and tactics and policies and programs until they're blue in the face, or you strangle them and they… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I too mean to be out of politics. The ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment gives me the boon of equality before the… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Political corruption is eating our democracy out from the inside. Most Americans know that. But democratic and economic health can't be easily… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on [gay] marriage, that's when it's time to resist. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated, and the sciences depend upon their separation. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
We have too much legislating by clamor, by tumult, by pressure. Representative government ceases when outside influence of any kind is substituted… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Capital punishment, like the rest of the criminal justice system, is a government program, so skepticism is in order. — George Will Copy Share Image
The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure. — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
When I got involved in politics and started running, there were questions about whether a woman could take care of her kids… — Jeanne Shaheen Copy Share Image
As a political current, Maoism was always weak in Britain, confined largely to students from Asia, Africa and Latin America. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
The science of government is only a science of combinations, of applications, and of exceptions, according to times, places and circumstances. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Politicians make promises and they don't do what they said they would do: the reason why so many politicians in Washington are… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The government is not doing anything to help the country to heal. The government is just making cosmetic changes. — Zainab al-Khawaja Copy Share Image
On economic policy, my support of smaller government, lower taxes and economic reform is consistent with the mainstream of the Republican Party… — John Howard Copy Share Image
Our country is slowly but surely moving - and I've seen it over and over again in many instances in government -… — Elijah Cummings Copy Share Image
“And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor popular - but one… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences. — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
On op-ed pages and around dinner tables, Americans have substantive conversations about politics. And while the facts aren't always right, the discussion… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
“One cannot live any longer on refrigerators, on politics, on balance-sheets and cross-word puzzles. One cannot live any longer without poetry, colour… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
I didn't have any personal goals when I came, but after being in politics - after seeing people, their difficulties, their wants… — Rajiv Gandhi Copy Share Image
![“[Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964], many governments in southern states forced people to segregate by race. Civil rights advocates fought to repeal these state laws, but failed. So they appealed to the federal government, which responded with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But this federal law…” quote by Harry Browne](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/489/harry-browne-3285_civil-rights_before-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-many_1445719.jpg)
![“When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on [gay] marriage, that's when it's time to resist.” quote by Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d10/rand-paul-606_church_when-the-government-tries-to-invade-the_741264.jpg)
