We were concerned that the public couldn't understand the sudden catastrophe, and concerned about affecting international relationship. Supported by the central government,… — Zhang Zuoji Copy Share Image
The patchwork political landscape of the Arab world - the client monarchies, degenerated nationalist dictatorships, and the imperial petrol stations known as… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
“The infantile dream-state of the mass man is so unrealistic that he never thinks to ask who is paying for this paradise.… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
I would like to see an animating passion. Tim Kaine actually had a good line. What animated you before you got into… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Now I have very little respect for the electoral system in the United States. I could have respected it in the early… — Myles Horton Copy Share Image
I am convinced that those societies (such as the Native American peoples) which live without government enjoy in their general mass an… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Television's compelling power is its immediacy . .. this immediacy feeds the politics of emotions, gut reactions and impressions rather than the… — Hedrick Smith Copy Share Image
“The Tenth Amendment recognizes the States' jurisdiction in certain areas. States' Rights means that the States have a right to act or… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
There is no becoming, no revolution, no struggle, no path; already you're the monarch of your own skin - your inviolable freedom… — Hakim Bey Copy Share Image
The materialist theory of history, that all politics and ethics are the expression of economics, is a very simple fallacy indeed. It… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
We have to get back to a government where leaders are willing to talk across party lines and do not have absolute… — Patty Judge Copy Share Image
Here Sunday, April, 9th, 1865, after four years of heroic struggle in defense of the principals believed to be fundamental to the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have to fundamentally change the way people are elected to political office in this country, as well as the types of… — Diana Taylor Copy Share Image
Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
The sneaking arts of underling tradesmen are thus erected into political maxims for the conduct of a great empire; for it is… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Normally, people give up parliament because they want to do more business or spend more time with family. My wife said 'why… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
“Uniformity in the common law, consisting of broad principles like the "reasonable person" standard, generally permits adjustment for the circumstances. This type… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
In the early 1970s in Washington, a small group of young conservative activists came together to try and change American politics. They… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
If the new government rejects our urgent appeal, we will, next year, in solidarity with our people, intensify our struggle for self-determination,… — Velupillai Prabhakaran Copy Share Image
'The Daily Show' took a topic - politics - which many people considered to be boring, confusing, or even annoying to learn… — Emily Calandrelli Copy Share Image
Environmental history was . . . born out of a moral purpose, with strong political commitments behind it, but also became, as… — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And ... she's not somebody who looks to the limelight, or even… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our American history reflects a long-standing tension between people and power. In fact, all government everywhere does. But our American form of… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Time and again in this century, the political map of the world was transformed. And ineach instance a new world order came… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
“There is hardly any political question in the United States that sooner or later does not turn into a judicial question. From… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
You can be ideological; you can be passionate about your issues - I'm all for that. And there are some issues I… — George P. Bush Copy Share Image
My reason for fixing them in office for a term of years, rather than for life, was that they might have an… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I feel an humble confidence that the kind Providence which inspired our fathers with wisdom to frame the most perfect form of… — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
A government with all this mass of favours to give or to withhold, however free in name, wields a power of bribery… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Jim Reston: Walking through the crowds of air-kissing politicians, actors and high fliers, it was tough to tell where the politics stopped… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
"Triennale in the City" is a scheme that is of priority for the sponsoring local government. For many local governments, revitalization is… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
When Iraq becomes strong enough in our opinion to stand alone, we shall be in a position to state that our task… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
With the conception that the Revolution was only a means of securing political power, it was inevitable that all revolutionary values should… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I would consider myself to be a moderate Republican, but more important than that, I believe our system of government is the… — Pat Meehan Copy Share Image
“If Jesus is Lord, then Caesar is not, politics are not, power is not, economics are not, religion is not, fame is… — Bruxy Cavey Copy Share Image
“Yet, a recent government report on routine security screenings, written by a panel of experts at the National Academy of Sciences, had… — Maria Flook Copy Share Image
I just want to say, I'm not interest in politics. Politics is my husband, and since he's not interested in politics anymore,… — Carla Bruni Copy Share Image
If we would vote in mass on the more promising ticket, or, if the two are equally bad, would throw out the… — Lincoln Steffens Copy Share Image
“We must first understand what the purport of society and the aim of government is held to be. If it be your… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
