The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century, government agencies in Washington had, almost without exception, flatly refused to hire even one female. — David Brinkley Copy Share Image
The day I get a credit card with a negative real interest rate is the day we can compare government debt to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the choice is between a political party and the well-being of their children, parents will choose their children - every time. — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The political world is defined by relationships rather than transactions, and by numerous actors at home and abroad with independent power. Navigating… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
“The multitude," Cavendish says, "is always desirous of a change. They never see a great man set up but they must pull… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Obviously any export of uranium to India could only occur within an appropriate international framework to be negotiated by the commonwealth government. — Jay Weatherill Copy Share Image
Limbaugh has been warning us about a deep cultural rot in our intellectual class, an accelerating collapse of standards, and the institutions… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
Given the cost of borrowings and the $100 billion in Government reserves, there is no reason for us to borrow. We should… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Many writers, including myself, have detailed how irresponsible government actions slow economic recoveries. Similar behavior by individuals impedes growth, too. If you… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
I am probably not alone in sensing above me the huge corporations and monstrous banks, science, politics and technologies, spy satellites and… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
“In the late 1830s the Chinese government issued a ban on drug trafficking, but British drug merchants simply ignored the law. Chinese… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The rise of the punishing state and the governing-through-crime youth complex throughout American society suggests the need for a politics that not… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“I am a conservative in large part because I believe that politics should intrude on life as little as possible. Conservatives surely… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
When Jesus Christ comes back, it is not the liberal politicians who ought to be trembling, it's the pastors…because so many men… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
You have to deal with the reality that in the political process, people are going to vote based on what they're hearing… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government? — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Public employee unions are hardly the only group involved in bare-knuckles politics. Businesses lobby fiercely, and executives make hefty campaign donations. — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Politics can be a factor neither in shaping Islam nor directing Muslims' acts and attitudes in Islam's name. — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
Politics is not an exact science. That's why in school I loved mathematics. Everything in mathematics was clear to me. — Volodymyr Zelensky Copy Share Image
The Pakistani government under Musharraf is a strong and key player in the global war on terrorism, and their contribution has been… — Cofer Black Copy Share Image
Where Reagan channeled disenchantment with overweening government, Obama symbolized America's transformation into a multiracial country. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves the government and you know it's really… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
“They greatest revolutionary act is not to oppose the government, but to oppose your parents, spouse and friends, and risk being alone,… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
While the federal government is required by law to document publicly its wiretapping of phone lines, it is not required to do… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
As an advisor, I can say what I want. If I were a politician, I would constantly have to compromise, and I'm… — Azim Premji Copy Share Image
Nine out of every 10 large corporations and government agencies have been attacked by computer intruders. — Kevin Mitnick Copy Share Image
It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
We have provided capital here with a couple of institutions recently. The Federal government did that in the '30s for the RFC… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
I think people are quite refreshed with politicians who aren't concerned with what Arctic Monkeys track they like, but with the day-to-day,… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
Government buffer-stock schemes are rife with politics, and instead of generating profits from buying low and selling high, they tend to generate… — Steve Hanke Copy Share Image
The greatness of America has grown out of a political and social system and a method of control of economic forces distinctly… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Government is, at every level, a means to gather in the labor and wealth of the people, and then instruct the people… — Jeff Baxter Copy Share Image
If you want to learn about the whole government and how it operates, the Appropriations Committee is the best place to learn… — John J. Rooney Copy Share Image
In Britain, we have strict spending limits for elections. It's what has kept Britain from following the path of American politics, where… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
