In a free country, government is a dull and onerous responsibility. It is a parent-teacher conference. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
If God gives you rights, no man and no government can take them away from you. — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
If I would know how to deliver a lecture without heart, I would be a famous politician. — John Elwin Copy Share Image
Writers can't write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
“I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a duplicitous diplomat.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
Europeans believe in democracy - or, at least, in republican government - but they have considered the alternatives, and continue to do… — William Pfaff Copy Share Image
The conservative movement is about government playing its important yet limited role, and about not falling into the trap of believing that… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
In the old days I'd like to have been a politician, when I think the world was more idealistic. When I was… — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
While I loved aspects of the law, my upbringing had shown me that in politics, you could make policy decisions that actually… — Annastacia Palaszczuk Copy Share Image
The government of Macau, of China, has been empirical and pragmatic and has brought hundreds of millions of people out of poverty,… — Steve Wynn Copy Share Image
The Obama presidency, and liberalism in general, are based on not trusting the American people - a belief that big government is… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
I came from an intellectual Parisian family. My father was a watchmaker; my mother was a housewife. We discussed politics, art, sculpture… — Sonia Rykiel Copy Share Image
As a result, socialism and communism, in particular, use government to suppress religion to such a degree as to leave the one… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
I love and always have loved policy issues and trying to have an impact on the issues that are out there. I… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
That the Iraqi Government is considering a political deal granting amnesty to insurgents who have attacked or killed American service members is… — Ike Skelton Copy Share Image
You'll have to have the governments sell off all of their public domains; sell off their railroads, sell off their public land.… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
From my fathers point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
For years now I have been talking about personal responsibility and accountability, both in our private lives and in the halls of… — Butch Otter Copy Share Image
As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I don't think people should be able to swear whenever they want. I just don't want the federal government making laws about… — Richard Dooling Copy Share Image
No government can provide social security. It is not in the nature of government to be able to provide anything. Government itself… — Garet Garrett Copy Share Image
