Its always been the case that politicians want different things from children than good educators do. Good educators want imaginative, exploratory beings,… — David Almond Copy Share Image
Scientific discovery requires sustained funding for decades, and politicians can destroy it in a single budget cycle. — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
For liberals in particular, the idea that government is only hypocrisy and dysfunction is self-defeating and nihilistic. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
No idea holds greater sway in the minds of educated Americans that the belief that it is possible to democratize governments anytime… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
What 'eminent domain' laws mean in practice is that politicians have a right to seize your property and turn it over to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they… — Jean-Claude Duvalier Copy Share Image
Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Party politics must be transcended to resolve pressing issues like agrarian matters or other similar issues. — Sharad Pawar Copy Share Image
My father always would say, "My daughter will go into politics? My daughter will become prime minister", but it's not what I… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
The fact that poetry is not of the slightest economic or political importance, that is has no attachment to any of the… — Graham Hough Copy Share Image
Our political way of life is by the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God, and of course presupposes the existence of… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Most companies want free enterprise in general because that produces better goods and services and makes people's lives better, but they don't… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
The Republican voters who made opposition to Roe a litmus test for Republican politicians and the Republican politicians who made opposition to… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
I think frustration unfortunately, reflects a real breakdown in the political parties themselves, which is fascinating because our constitution did not anticipate… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
There never has been a desire on the part of the government that the struggle of Black people in America should be… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Nowadays, people in the entertainment industry can have a louder voice than politicians, and I think its important that they use that… — Serinda Swan Copy Share Image
Music has a role, fashion has a role, cinema has a role, intellectuals have a role, parliamentarians, politicians, diplomats - all of… — Riyad Mansour Copy Share Image
“Thomas Hobbes's politics are fitted only to promote tyranny, and his ethics to encourage licentiousness.” — David Hume Copy Share Image
Whatever your political convictions, speeches in years gone by from Margaret Thatcher to Neil Kinnock remain utterly unforgettable. — Cathy Newman Copy Share Image
I used to believe the government was the answer to all our problems. But the . . .government, I've concluded, is now… — Chet Huntley Copy Share Image
The politics of crime is not about a party's record or a candidates proposals, but about perceived character and values. — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
I'm not interested to change about the government. I'm interested to change the conditions for the people. So, yes, I talk a… — Matteo Renzi Copy Share Image
The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
There are politicians who seethe with ambition all the time, and there are a lot of other politicians who don't. I'm in… — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a house where I was so aware of a life that had been broken by politics and… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
The governments of south Sudan must make sure that everybody will get a nationality - that nobody will become stateless because of… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them. — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies. — Arthur Laffer Copy Share Image
If it hadn't been for Senator Sanders, I don't know if I would've been brought back into the fold of politics. — Nicholas Gonzalez Copy Share Image
“My romantic history since arriving on Novo has been non-existent, but I don't know what, if anything, came before; thanks to the… — Siobhan Davis Copy Share Image
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
High-level corruption, inefficiency, non-governance, and policy paralysis have crippled the nation's economy. — N. Chandrababu Naidu Copy Share Image
Holding our own government to account for the use of its power is, in my view, the highest mission of a U.S.… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
In a country like Pakistan where is politics is often an art form of the elite, and it's often very dynastic, it's… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
I hope to make clear that involvement in small scale community work can make a difference in our city's politics. — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
When I ran for governor in 2016, we shook up the political establishment - then cut more than a billion dollars in… — Doug Burgum Copy Share Image
All good government must begin at home. It is useless to make good laws for bad people; what is wanted is this,… — Hugh Reginald Haweis Copy Share Image
I'm so happy about Biden. I love a boring president. It's such a relief. You just have so much more confidence in… — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
It is entirely clear that there is only one way in which great wars can be permanently prevented, and that is the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
When you get to political machines that can control a state, then you're really into organized crime - almost. You're fighting a… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image