The Civic Culture (and The Civic Culture Revisited) remains the best study of comparative political culture in our time. — Aaron Wildavsky Copy Share Image
Political Science carries inseparably with it the study of piety, and that he who is not pious cannot be truly wise. — Giambattista Vico Copy Share Image
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Governments everywhere, including here in the Unites States, have created ever-expanding bureaucracies that regulate nearly every aspect of our lives. — Richard Ebeling Copy Share Image
If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to the full amount of their demand if… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I bring a lot of passion to my life and my politics - I don't mind saying there is a very strong… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you asked a Singaporean, on the one hand they'll say, 'Let us do our own things.' On the other hand, when… — Lee Hsien Loong Copy Share Image
I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In all the things I've gone through as a politician, I have seen that in this system it is really very difficult… — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Copy Share Image
I think that Obama's failure to reestablish the rule of law in money matters is the most damaging thing that he's done… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
As I watch government at all levels daily eat away at our freedom, I keep thinking how prosperity and government largesse have… — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
I have spent more than 20 years in prison, then on one night I decided to surrender by signing all the terms… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Once the government can demand of a publisher the names of the purchasers of his publications, the free press as we know… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks-no form of government… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Climate change brings pressures that will influence resource competition between nations and place additional burdens on economies, societies and governance institutions around… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
The definition of an extreme authoritarian is one who is willing blindly to assume that government accusations are true without any evidence… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“And because this is now a political problem, the usual political syllogism applies: (a) is a problem: Something Must Be Done, (b)… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
What we should be asking is not whether we need a big government or small government, but how we can create a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events. — George Will Copy Share Image
Whenever the government says, 'It's time to move on,' that means there's something they don't want you to know about. — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
The only creature less fashionable in academia than the stereotypical 'dead white male,' is the dead white male on horseback. — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of… — Jim Talent Copy Share Image
One of the most overused phrases in political commentary is that someone is running a 'negative' campaign filled with 'attack' ads. — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
There used to be a cruel joke that said Brazil is the country of the future, and always will be; Obama is… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
How dare politicians continue to pass insane laws forcing good, law-abiding people to be defenseless and helpless. — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
In movies that tackle these political issues, there are far more interesting themes to be explored than partisan politics, which is what… — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
The most radical political act there is is to be an optimist. The most radical political act there is is to believe… — Colin Beavan Copy Share Image
Almost all politicians are able to have a great one-on-one meeting. But I'm not interested in the candidate who can have a… — Kenneth C. Griffin Copy Share Image
In the span of three years, the Iraqi people participated in three elections, drafted a constitution, and elected a new government. While… — Tim Murphy Copy Share Image
It's quite an interesting time, the '20s, because the politics of England were changing quite a lot, and the class structure was… — Julian Ovenden Copy Share Image
It is the future, of course, which politicians grapple with, and that is why politics is so disorderly. Only history clears away… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
I would love to see a politician who really loves his country and is working for the people and not for him… — Tony Hadley Copy Share Image
“It's time, more than ever, to shrug off apathy. For Socialism not to be a dirty word any more. This is a… — Jake Copy Share Image
Because government has tremendous power, it attracts people who are eager to game the system, obtaining by force of law what they… — William A. Dembski Copy Share Image
I'm going into politics because I think that the kind of discourse taking place in Israel is leading this country to oblivion,… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
Until Donald Trump got to where he was, they said you'll never see a rich businessman who's never been in politics be… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
