As a society, we moved from expecting politicians to be better than the rest of us to expecting them to be more… — John Hawkins Copy Share Image
Self government is no less essential to the development, growth, and happiness of the individual than to the nation. — William H. Douglas Copy Share Image
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I have always adopted nondiscriminatory policies toward the LGBTQ community in my public offices in local and state government. — Richard Cordray Copy Share Image
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We are not asking for your permission, we are asking for our Rights... It's not for you to give, it's for us… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For what is the Heart, but a Spring; and the Nerves, but so many Strings; and the Joynts, but so many Wheeles,… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
“So we Europeans are shocked by the blind, uncomprehending hard-heartedness that certain American government policies imply. I am thinking of the terrible… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
What happens with identity politics sometimes is there's a competition among the oppressed: You're more oppressed than me and if not, then… — Sam Rasoul Copy Share Image
If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void: lobbyists… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded - in part because it impedes the government's ability to control institutions, like… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
“We are all dying to give our lives away to something, maybe. God or Satan, politics or grammar, topology or philately -… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
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Our government has to be held accountable for enforcing the law. Tamir Rice, the fact that they could exonerate that police person… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The strange rejection of the expert is mind boggling to me. When we're told that the worst word in politics is 'elite,'… — Craig Mazin Copy Share Image
“Dirck closed his eyes and tried not to laugh. Win, the dauntless rebel who'd dodged lasoclear blasts without a flinch and thought… — Marcha A. Fox Copy Share Image
Right now, American government has stepped back from offering any kinds of protection for human rights and public health. And the fossil… — Annie Leonard Copy Share Image
The book that really, really shaped my politics and has forever is Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon," which is a novel based… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Democracy is nothing more than an experiment in government, more likely to succeed in a new soil, but likely to be tried… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
I think Dr. Ben Carson is a unique political personality. He's what we call a conviction politician. He actually believes in what… — Daniel Henninger Copy Share Image
If the government can set aside some spot for a elk to be a elk without being bothered, or a buffalo to… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
“Anti-government rhetoric appears to offer a vision of greater efficiency, self-reliance, and personal freedom. (For obvious reasons, it also usually enjoys greater… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
If President Obama were to enroll in an American government class, the professor would mark him absent on most days. In the… — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
In addition to the problem of public confidence, hiring a relative also causes problems within the government organization. It can undermine the… — Kathleen Clark Copy Share Image
If there is a mystical chord in democracy, it probably revolves around the notion that unexpected music can resonate from politics when… — William Greider Copy Share Image
I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to university go on a Government… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Unless you have the power to stop the government of Iran beheading teenagers for homosexual acts, there's not much to be done… — Kwame Anthony Appiah Copy Share Image
I had been reading a lot about pioneers in Australia and the colonization of Australia, and pioneers in Virginia and the early… — Ben Richards Copy Share Image
Democracies have been, and governments called, free; but the spirit of independence and the consciousness of unalienable rights, were never before transfused… — Sarah Josepha Hale Copy Share Image
There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow… — Bianca Jagger Copy Share Image
The more successful a political party, the more winning its ways, the less of its time is spent casting about for policy… — Dalton Camp Copy Share Image
Our democracy, our culture, our whole way of life is a spectacular triumph of the blah. Why not have a political convention… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
In order to continue in office, any government (not simply a 'democratic' government) must have the support of the majority of its… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
When you're on the yard, prisoner politics dictate that you only socialize with your own race. If you fraternize with other races,… — James Fox Copy Share Image
By mandating equal pay, the government erases the competitive advantage of those people who are willing to take less pay. In addition,… — Kane Copy Share Image
From the viewpoint of political power, culture is absolutely vital. So vital, indeed, that power cannot operate without it. It is culture,… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“Countless aid organizations and governments are convinced that they know what poor people need, and invest in schools, solar panels, or cattle.… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
Overall, the work of rebuilding and transforming government for the digital age is only just beginning. Governments remain organized according to political… — Andrew Leigh Copy Share Image
Building a 'Green Gabon' has always been a central pillar of my government, and in 2014, I introduced a new legal framework… — Ali Bongo Ondimba Copy Share Image
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