Money power means budget power and it is folly to imagine that the citizen can control government unless he can control its… — E.C. Riegel Copy Share Image
Even beyond policy considerations, Romneycare was a horrible model to suggest for the federal government because the Constitution does not give Congress… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
Politics are important but your soul lasts forever. So, you know, you make ... decisions on what you think is right or… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
“Government in general, any government anywhere, is a thing of exquisite comicality to a discerning mind.” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
When I was a senior, I had government class and I slept so much my assignment was to write 'I will not… — Uncle Kracker Copy Share Image
In two thousand years all our generals and politicians may be forgotten, but Einstein and Madame Curie and Bernard Shaw and Stravinsky… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
The primary function of government is to protect the minority of the opulent from the majority of the poor. — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is absurd to expect governments to descend gradually, step-by-step into barbarism - as if there was a train schedule to political… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
“No, what's troubling is the gap between the magnitude of our challenges and the smallness of our politics--the ease with which we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is beautiful indeed; the colored people have given this to the head of the government, and that government once sanctioned laws… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
“He advised a new ‘responsible nationalism’, which would ‘begin from the idea that the basic responsibility of government is to maximize the… — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“Mark my words, when a government pretends that it is the highest judge of its own actions, the result is not freedom… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Happy family: The existence and maintenance of [this] is thought to make a politician fit for public office. According to this theory,… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
In politics, all candidates and volunteers are ambassadors to voters who expect better than parroting the politics of personal destruction. Being able… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
Fascism is the most inherently evil political ideology that man has ever devised. Wherever we see even the smallest sapling of fascism… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
“If ordinary citizens knew or ever really [understood] how our political leaders have allowed unemployment to be used as a tool for… — William Vickery, Canadian Nobel laureate, The Cult of Impotence, by Linda McQuaig Copy Share Image
Self-certification may look like a small vision but there cannot be a greater decision for a Government to trust the honesty of… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
Being a soldier [in the wars of modern power politics] was like being on a team in a sport that drew no… — Dan Wakefield Copy Share Image
I love my dad. It's fair to say that I probably would not have thought of politics had I not seen my… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
One of the things I find most exciting is talking with people who are working with my work. Who are using it… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
For some reason, there are political forces that somehow feel threatened by honest inquiry. How can you be threatened by wanting to… — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
Patricia Nixon gave up a career to become a political wife. She rose to the pinnacle of glory and then fell to… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. Call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically, that was… — Jonathan Gruber Copy Share Image
The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures. — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America, I plead guilty. — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
I think mixing political and personal with professional and national security issues is always a dangerous game and never worth it. — Elissa Slotkin Copy Share Image
Identity politics may claim to defend the rights of individuals, but increasingly it has become a mechanism for undermining the freedom of… — Kemi Badenoch Copy Share Image
Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
In a recent fire Bob Dole's library burned down. Both books were lost. And he hadn't even finished coloring one of them. — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to create the impression that I wouldn't like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in… — Ibrahim Hooper Copy Share Image
A new chapter in the history of international politics has begun, one in which the pursuit and control of energy resources would… — Michael Klare Copy Share Image
We see this plan as a thinly-disguised plan to give the banking sector and government access to gold for the nations benefit. — Julian Phillips Copy Share Image
I am not a politician. I'm an American businessman and entrepreneur that have built two businesses, and I try to play it… — Anthony Scaramucci Copy Share Image
We need to get politics out of schools, refocus on fundamental academics and better ensure career readiness; be it college or a… — Mark Robinson Copy Share Image
Any recognition by the government for your performance and achievements always boosts the confidence of an athlete. — Dutee Chand Copy Share Image
We have to save ourselves from ourselves. We have to minimize the effect our own politicians can have on our society. We… — Hallgrimur Helgason Copy Share Image
![“Happy family: The existence and maintenance of [this] is thought to make a politician fit for public office. According to this theory, the public are less concerned by whether or not they are effectively represented than by the need to be assured that the penises and vaginas of public officials…” quote by John Ralston Saul](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/1f5/john-ralston-saul-3128_assured_happy-family-the-existence-and-maintenan_2082656.jpg)
![“If ordinary citizens knew or ever really [understood] how our political leaders have allowed unemployment to be used as a tool for fine-tuning the inflation rate, they would throw the rascals out and demand a thorough purging of the ranks of government economists.” quote by William Vickery, Canadian Nobel laureate, The Cult of Impotence, by Linda McQuaig](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/15b/william-vickery-canadian-nobel_leadership_if-ordinary-citizens-knew-or-ever-really_1106167.jpg)
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