Politics boils down to the stories we tell ourselves. And unfortunately, we tell ourselves different stories. — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
This week's winner for best comedy line about the war is New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer. Referring to - well, it… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
We vote for politicians with lower voices, it's true, because we associate depth with power and with authority. — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We need a government which, yes, guarantees basic standards in public services, but which also steps in to protect people's wellbeing as… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
We can only comment on what we've seen, and what we've seen from the Chilean government is nothing at all. — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
I don't think we're politically correct when we're private. I don't know what 'politically correct' means. — Brad Garrett Copy Share Image
Tis much when sceptres are in children's hands, But more when envy breeds unkind division: There comes the ruin, there begins confusion. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I think there are only two things you should really expect Congress to do.One is to pass a short-term funding bill, because… — Susan Page Copy Share Image
Well, the problem is the freedom that the sport gives you without getting to politics. Unfortunately, you cannot now separate it because… — Hakeem Olajuwon Copy Share Image
Modern society is hypnotized by socialism. It is prevented by socialism from seeing the mortal danger it is in. And one of… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Despite heated political debates on the future of our health care system, there is bipartisan agreement that health IT can be a… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
But you're never taught in schools - we don't teach anyone in public schools that government is the problem. We don't teach… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
I understand Twitter has become popular among politicians. This technology allows them to stay in perpetual contact with their constituents. The electorate… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Philosophy, art, politics, religion and bohemia have never sought to do away entirely with the status hierarchy; they have attemptee, rather, to… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“if the power of government rests on the widespread acceptance of false indeed absurd and foolish ideas, then the only genuine protection… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
A certain amount of taxes is of course indispensable to carry on essential government functions. Reasonable taxes for this purpose need not… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
When it comes to federal programs, even if states are discriminating, the federal government should not. — Evan Wolfson Copy Share Image
This [2016] is not simply another four-year election. This is a crossroads in the history of our civilization that will determine whether… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“Thus the Government of our Virtue was broken and I exchang'd the Place of Friend for that unmusical harsh-sounding Title of Whore.” — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people’s money, other people’s safety, other… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death. Fascism was all aesthetics. There was no… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
'Dhokha' is a film devoid of any political bias. It conveys to the government that when we talk about individuals who are… — Pooja Bhatt Copy Share Image
The American political system is based on the president taking the initiative and Congress responding. With President Trump, it's been the opposite. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
In Elizabethan England or classical Athens... theater was at the center of, not culture, but society and politics and religion and civic… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and… — Gijs de Vries Copy Share Image
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If we quickly cast aside our constitutional form of government, then the enemy will not be the terrorists, it will be us. — John Conyers Copy Share Image
Investing in our emerging leaders through the Missouri Leadership Academy is important to improving state government. — Mike Parson Copy Share Image
The only reason for a government service is precisely to provide financial support for an operation that is otherwise unsustainable, or else… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: 'Don't decide what you… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
In days to come I would love to doing some more reality shows but the saas-bahu type daily soaps are a strict… — Shefali Zariwala Copy Share Image
Who invented political tolerance? The English invented it, it's something which has taken roots with some difficulty in Scottish politics. — Neal Ascherson Copy Share Image
If 'Brexit' really is a political crisis, it should be treated as a political crisis - and not, despite all the market… — Kelly Evans Copy Share Image
That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I don't say we should have performed miracles, but surely there ought to have been a difference between the apartheid regime and… — Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Copy Share Image
Would most politicians have gone to a meeting with someone advertised as being an agent of the Russian government? — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
Politicians try to make friends, build constituencies, and avoid gaffes. Trump does the opposite, seeking out land mines in order to detonate… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Politically, China suppresses its people, but because the government allows some freedom in economic matters, business has become the ultimate expression of… — Li Lu Copy Share Image