I represent what I think is a traditional Republican... a limited government, fiscal responsibility, strong national defense, individual freedom and liberty. — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
Whistleblowers play a vital role in ensuring that the federal government is accountable to the people it serves. — Seth Moulton Copy Share Image
When it comes to government policy, can we please stop using words like "architect"? Telling people what to do is not a… — David Burge Copy Share Image
I was really fascinated by politics. It always has been part of my view that politics really is a calling or you… — John Key Copy Share Image
“Profit should never come at the cost of human blood. Any government that places profit before people is pure evil.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
When you live in Washington, D.C., you do get a sense, in a very direct way, of the durability of our government… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
There are countries in which it would be as absurd to establish popular governments as to abolish all the restraints in a… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
All the Cuban government wants to do - and all it's demonstrated to the world - is that they want a repressive,… — Francis X. Suarez Copy Share Image
Politics is traditionally a male domain in Russia. Until now, women have only been accessories. Now, female protest groups are emerging -… — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
Dominance in an adaptation to anarchy and it serves no purpose in a society that has undergone a civilising process or in… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I've been involved in politics for quite some time. I've held positions, and my experiences are very deep, and I think I… — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Copy Share Image
“Through political opportunism and ineptitude, the city had allowed the [police] department to languish for years as an understaffed and underequipped paramilitary… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Power has to be protected from scrutiny. That's the principle of every dictatorship, of every autocracy. You hear it from high priests… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Nowadays, thanks to their education in politics and economics, they are said to be different. But even at that time, as one… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
The Chief Whip's job is trying to make sure that the Government - and MPs elected as part of the governing party… — Geoff Hoon Copy Share Image
To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
In almost all city governments in America, the small group of people who don't want change are able to block change. — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
Adults who enter into public life implicitly consent to having less privacy, but their families - especially their children - should not… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
Hollywood is in control of politics and has imported their action-filled movie scripts into the real world. — Kim Dotcom Copy Share Image
We've become, now, an oligarchy instead of a democracy. I think that's been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
PICKANINNY, n. The young of the "Procyanthropos", or "Americanus dominans". It is small, black and charged with political fatalities. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
In the Soviet Union you weren't allowed to speak out against the government. In the US you cannot speak out against sponsors. — Kalle Lasn Copy Share Image
It is the first time in the history of Rwanda that political change in the highest leadership of the country has taken… — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
I wish I was less good-looking and more unpopular. Then I could get into politics and use my pent-up resentment about being… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
For me, getting young people engaged in politics and public service is really one of the most fun things that I get… — Jeanne Shaheen Copy Share Image
What is obnoxious about the motives of politicians - whatever those motives may be - is that politicians must announce their motives… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
We need voices that help us critique our social, political, and economic views through Kingdom lenses. The women and men who compose… — Ed McBain Copy Share Image
If politicians want to save money, that's fine. They can look for all the wasteful spending they want, but not where the… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
“Religion in modern society is only artificially kept together and upheld by the Church and by those Governments to whose social or… — Ármin Vámbéry Copy Share Image
'Let's Move!' is not about having government tell people what to do, because government doesn't have all the answers. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
The essential thing, the ultimate goal of politics and thought, is a bigger life for the individual. A bigger life – that… — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image
Here's the problem with downplaying the radical nature of decommodification: when you empty something of political content, politicians are free to wield… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
My father did not groom us for politics. I took the plunge because I wanted to carry on his work in his… — Naveen Patnaik Copy Share Image