Where I came from, just nodding and smiling when someone expressed views was the ultimate insult. If people weren't yelling about politics… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
While giving a clear majority to my government in 2014, the people of the country had also given a clear mandate to… — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
[My father] was interested. He read the newspapers and read Time and U.S. News and World Report and people in stores would… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
From the economy to national security to government ethics, the Republican nominee promised once-in-a-lifetime change if he is elected Nov. 8. — Paul Gigot Copy Share Image
Try telling a Cuban: 'You should pay higher rent, or pay for your own healthcare' ... There is no serious opposition to… — Saul Landau Copy Share Image
The carping and bickering of political factions in the nation's capital reminds me of two pelicans quarreling over a dead fish. — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
“No amount of me trying to explain myself was doing any good. I didn't even know what was going on inside of… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
Most of us owe instead of own. And the less the economy needs our labor, the less able we are to "save"… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
The worsening of relations between a declining America and an internally troubled Mexico could even give rise to a particularly ominous phenomenon:… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Essentially, my kids grew up with the emphasis on the environment because I became a political activist in about 1969 and it… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
“The Rajapaksa regime in Sri Lanka, knows exactly how the political bluff works and uses it to spread lies among the people.… — Nilantha Ilangamuwa Copy Share Image
The people with the most resources are the federal government. If you can invade a country halfway across the world in a… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Our government has failed us. From the billion-dollar bailouts to the 'stimulus' package that failed to stimulate to the government takeover of… — Kevin McCarthy Copy Share Image
All over the world, as governments retreat from their traditional duty to foster the common good and reconceive of themselves as mere… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Control of thought is more important for governments that are free and popular than for despotic and military states. The logic is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton is the master politician. In one way, you can say that he was never really about self-enrichment - he was… — Jeffrey St. Clair Copy Share Image
The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you… — James Dale Davidson Copy Share Image
I'm really not a politician: I don't have a political background, though I've been an activist fighting for my community for years.… — Paula Jean Swearengin Copy Share Image
“A lie is a forgery of a truth that is too big to embrace because of a prejudice that we’re too afraid… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I have read all that has been written by the gravest authorities on political economy on the subject of rent, wages, taxes,… — Robert Peel Copy Share Image
Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
One big mistake of many politicians is to have no understanding for the real situation of people in their country. — Sebastian Kurz Copy Share Image
There is a lot of censorship about writing that's exerted from all directions, from families or governments and society, even the fear… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
Most across the political spectrum - whether you're a Republican, Democrat, Progressive or Independent - agree with the need for more affordable… — Phil Scott Copy Share Image
I never, ever get involved in politics. With politics you are not allowed to be honest. I don't have time to deal… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before now to… — Violet Trefusis Copy Share Image
There's only one thing more embarrassing than the celebrities talking about politics; and that's politicians talking about anything other than politics. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
If Japanese cannot have new babies quick enough, then the government should start importing workers faster. — Masayoshi Son Copy Share Image
Every government on earth is the personification of violence and force, and yet the doctine of non-resistance is as old as human… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
Fascism is actually the work of the synergistic effort of big government and big corporations working together to stifle the people. And… — Aaron Russo Copy Share Image
Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
Since 1988, successive governments have treated education as an electoral asset: theyve come up with endless slogans and projects to supposedly solve… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Once a person becomes a government dependent, his moral standing to resist the expansion of government power is fatally compromised. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The process of creating new, democratic organs of government power is beginning, and, as never before, the greatest responsibility rests with the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everything you heard about me is true. . . . I am not a free marketer. . . . I believe in the heavy hand of government. — Bill de Blasio Copy Share Image
Government acquisition of food supplies in time of war is no less important than conscription. Equity is the fundamental principle applicable to… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
People often complain that celebrities after joining politics are not seen once the polls are over. But I am not like them.… — Bappi Lahiri Copy Share Image