“The times do not call for grassroots political activism, as if the next election might be enough to reverse a massive cultural… — Paul D. Miller Copy Share Image
“As a nation we have lost our sense of tragedy, a recognition that bad things happen to good people. A nation that… — William A. Niskanen Copy Share Image
I think it's funny that nobody wants to be liked by Washington. All the politicians go, 'I don't like Washington. They don't… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
I see two opposite tendencies in Turkish society: people feel demoralized, they lose the interest in politics and retreat to their private… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
The big missing part of the jig-saw is to get the assembly back up and running here in Northern Ireland, to get… — Peter Hain Copy Share Image
People expect to see white guys, Sunday afternoon, on 'Face the Nation.' And people with a direct interest in politics do watch… — Jack Kingston Copy Share Image
You know, when you go into the store and buy a box of laundry detergent, and the price has gone up -… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
“One possibility is just to tag along with the fantasists in government and industry who would have us believe that we can… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Well, another senator rose and said {as they always do} 'Does the gentleman yield?' They always say that - least they call… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“The personal, as every one’s so fucking fond of saying, is political. So if some idiot politician, some power player, tries to… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
Obasanjo has openly endorsed violence as a means of governance, embraced and empowered individuals whose avowed declarations, confessions and acts are cynically… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I'm very struck by what you can do in a classroom. I've got 200 students. You don't do partisan politics in a… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Learning from the American experience, governments around the world have developed national innovation policies and programs to accelerate their economic prosperity and… — Robert Hormats Copy Share Image
We are overdone with banking institutions, which have banished the precious metals, and substituted a more fluctuating and unsafe medium... These have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think - something I learned recently looking up the meaning of ideology. If you look in American encyclopedias, it says, you… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
We do have to treat people the way Americans always treat people, with the highest level of compassion and care. But they… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I've always been the outsider. I've always been regarded as some extraordinarily dangerous figure. I'm none of those things! I'm just a… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
You can always find people, ordinary people, who will support your particular view, so it becomes a politics of personality, especially at… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Yes, there is a Government of this changing world. The Government is not in the changing world. It is in the Realm… — Harold Percival Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has the media wrapped around his little finger. And this is a contributing factor to why so many people are… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In the Muslim world, much of it, they cannot conceive of something coming out of the United States that wouldn't be sanctioned… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“Do I have to give you hair torture to get it out of you?” What is that ? From the light in… — Jennifer Lane Copy Share Image
Helping future generations get the best possible start in life should be a higher priority for any government committed to social mobility… — Rachel Reeves Copy Share Image
Do not use thought to ground a political practice in Truth; nor political action to discredit, as mere speculation, a line of… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“A homeland is not gotten as a gift; it is not acquired by privilege or political contracts, it is not bought with… — David Ben Gourion Copy Share Image
When the Commander-in-Chief of a nation finds it necessary to order employees of the government or agencies of the government to do… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I have no problem with technological solutions to social problems. The key question for me is, 'Who gets to implement them?' and,… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
“So flagrant became the political scandals that reputable men began to leave politics alone, and politics consequently became disreputable. Men began to… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Hillary does nothing without careful calculation. She knows that politicians - provided they have real power - who bash entire industries tend… — Donald Luskin Copy Share Image
If it were true that conservatives were racist, sexist, homophobic, fascist, stupid, inflexible, angry, and self-righteous, shouldn't their arguments be easy to… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“Most of the Mardukans were laughing, now. Some of them were accusing him of being just too utterly ridiculous. "Why, the people… — H. Beam Piper Copy Share Image
I would have government defend the life and property of all citizens equally; protect all willing exchange; suppress and penalize all fraud,… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, government policy helped get the fast food outlets into the city. Very well-intentioned small business administration loans to encourage minority… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
One of the tax systems in the US is for wage earners. The government takes money from them out of each paycheck… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
Conservative concepts believe in little government - take care of yourself, and that makes men who invent things like the constitution! Liberal… — Brad Stine Copy Share Image
“When economic interest is seen behind the political clauses of the Constitution, then the document becomes not simply the work of wise… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“The people are committed to ruinous policies, all without noticing. They have neither the experience nor the time to study all these… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
You put these politicians in office, but then you've got to tell them what you want them to do. And it's intimidating… — Gavin Creel Copy Share Image
Our system of government is one of checks and balances. It requires compromise.. compromise between the Executive and the Parliament, compromise between… — Peter Costello Copy Share Image
I am very optimistic about -- about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
