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There are a multitude of allied branches of knowledge connected with mans condition; the relation of these to political economy is analogous… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
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As we peer into society's future, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I understand the chairman of the Senate Ethics comittee is going to examine the check-bouncing scandal with a microscope. ...makes sense... If… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
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The reason why we find ourselves in a position of impotency is not because the enemy has sent men to invade our… — Joseph McCarthy Copy Share Image
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Government relief tends constantly to get out of hand. And even when it is kept within reasonable bounds it tends to reduce… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
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No peace can last, or ought to last, which does not recognize and accept the principle that governments derive all their just… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
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Most public persons do not market themselves as cheating lowlives - certainly not politicians (okay, maybe a few rock stars.) But most… — Roxanne Roberts Copy Share Image
For when men know they are working on what belongs to them, they work with far greater eagerness and diligence. Nay, in… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
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We can't continue assuming that politics is something which is decided elsewhere by distant leaders in a distant capital. Protest is insufficient… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
The GOP’s thirst for confrontation and crisis is symptomatic of a destructive and nihilistic streak that has overtaken our political system. When… — Mike Lofgren Copy Share Image
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The reality of split government puts a premium on creativity within the administration. President Obama needs to put the right people in… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
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I do not like to encourage personalized politics, so we would not like it to be thought that just because certain political… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
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