How is it reasonable that in a country purporting to be a democracy, I am not permitted to speak freely? Why, as… — Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Copy Share Image
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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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In the North, the sale of government bonds was the one measure for raising funds that seemed to work. Even that, however,… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
“Wherever, therefore, any number of men so unite into one society, as to quit everyone his executive power of the law of… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Disgrace is a subtle, multi-layered story, as much concerned with politics as it is with the itch of male flesh. Coetzee's prose… — Paul Bailey Copy Share Image
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison, the only house in… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
People ask, 'Is the science going to run ahead of the ethics?' I don't think that's always the problem. I think it's… — Arthur Caplan Copy Share Image
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Every person, whether in wartime or not, should keep a pistol and rifle in his house at all times. If a person… — William Powell Copy Share Image
The conservative side of our political spectrum has had an outsized voice over the last few years. I think especially since the… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
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The biggest thing is that the people of the country have faith. That trust should never break. The public should have faith… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Politicians used to have the confidence to tell us stories that made sense of the chaos of world events. But now there… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
“Feminists in Greenwich Village had begun bobbing their hair in 1912. In 1915, it was still radical. “The idea, it seems, came… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
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Corruption is... the result of a decadent political regime. We are absolutely convinced that this evil is the main cause of social… — Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Copy Share Image
The church must never become a government factory, carrying on a nationalized industry of religion with the people as the bolts and… — Glenn Archer Copy Share Image
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After my undergraduate, I've written a thesis that was in the government department, but largely, it turned out almost an economic type… — David Einhorn Copy Share Image
Most businesses do not take governments seriously when it comes to climate, primarily because many governments have inconsistent and incoherent policies and… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
And yet our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Compared with the perils… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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The federal government began investigating allegations of fraud against the Coalition Provisional Authority, a U.S. contractor accused in a bid-rigging operation involving… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
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After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation. This position doesn't require any religious denomination to alter… — Tim Johnson Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If Iran seeks to meddle in domestic Indian politics by creating disaffection among the Shias of Uttar Pradesh, what better way to… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
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Political journalists love graduate student intelligence, the ability to make clever allusions in seminars, and in 1999-2000 they hassled George W. Bush… — Marvin Olasky Copy Share Image
“When you make love you're using up energy; and afterwards you feel happy and don't give a damn for anything. They can't… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
High tax rates in the upper income brackets allow politicians to win votes with class warfare rhetoric, painting their opponents as defenders… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
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For as long as I can remember the slogan has been ... the federal government ought to behave more like families, because… — George Will Copy Share Image
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