The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe, which serve to support tyrannical governments, are not the Christian religion, but abuses and corruptions of it.… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
The worst of this ever growing cancer of Statism [ie big 'paternal' government - socialism, communism and fascism] is its moral effect.… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
A lot of the politics that is going on left and right at the moment is more about a protest, which we… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
“Ethnocentrism, xenophobia and nationalism are these days rife in many parts of the world. Government repression of unpopular views is still widespread.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The royalists of the economic order have conceded that political freedom was the business of the government, but they have maintained that… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The essence of a government health care system - for people who have never lived under it and don't know - is… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
The trial by jury is a trial by 'the country,' in contradistinction to a trial by the government. The jurors are drawn… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
“Though the man of action, the politician, may sometimes pay no attention to the results of this examination, the man of thought… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan knew audiences. It was a key element of his political genius. One of the things at which brilliant politicians are… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
“What we are after is first noticing and then participating in the way the large world of the Bible absorbs the much… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
In Quebec, in spite of police violence and threats, thousands of students demonstrated for months against a former right-wing government that wanted… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I don't think my comedy is that political. It's more social. But whatever. When you make comedy and you do stand-up, you… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
“One criticism of Freud still sometimes heard on the political Left is that his thinking is individualist — that he substitutes ‘private’… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible… — John Burns Copy Share Image
“I. Men are born, and always continue, free and equal in respect of their rights. Civil distinctions, therefore, can be founded only… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I consider anybody a twerp who hasn't read 'Democracy in America' by Alexis de Tocqueville. There can never be a better book… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Values that I would be enforcing if I were a judge are not just my values, that I am not striking something… — Raymond Kethledge Copy Share Image
“Windsor is contemptuous of the way the media is caught up in personality politics, saying the real story of the government and… — Kerry-Anne Walsh Copy Share Image
It is my obligation as the Governor of Louisiana to responsibly lead in developing and implementing best policies and practices across executive… — John Bel Edwards Copy Share Image
The people are learning that you cannot leave decisions only to leaders. Local groups have to create the political will for change,… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I read at least one periodical every month by a political group I dislike - to keep some sense of balance. The… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
The parties of Whig and Tory are those of nature. They exist in all countries, whether called by these names or by… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Passion is passion. It's the excitement between the tedious spaces, and it doesn't matter where it's directed...It can be coins or sports… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Across all countries and cultures surfers are connected not by nationality, religion, politics, age … but by their experience riding waves. This… — Shaun Tomson Copy Share Image
“It is *essential* to such a government, that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I think the most exciting thing is access to information. People's ability to document things and expose things that may have not… — Moby Copy Share Image
The result of cutting [political power] up into little bits is simply that the man who can sweep the greatest number into… — James Fitzjames Stephen Copy Share Image
We need to do a top/bottom review of the federal government and for every agency administration bureaucracy that is not called for… — Josh Mandel Copy Share Image
“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
As long as we, in the United States, continue to insist that our politicians have to spend all of their time raising… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Socialism, technically, is when the government owns the means of production. And they don't yet. I mean they own a couple car… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
That the equalization of property exercises an influence on political society was clearly understood even by some of the old legislators. Laws… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There has been no organized effort to keep government down since Jefferson's day. Ever since then the American people have been bolstering… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“There are six canons of conservative thought: 1) Belief in a transcendent order, or body of natural law, which rules society as… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
For achieving good governance political will is necessary. Good governance is a political process. Though role of civil society is critical, without… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
And I keep saying, whether you like the president or not, everybody has to pull together and help the president because, as… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
So far as this has gone, I am satisfied to see a spirit prevailing that promises to send the system out free… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
There are so many people and organisations that work quietly and diligently for the poor and the disadvantaged. We should also work… — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
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