“A statesman in these days has a difficult task. He has to pursue the policy he deems advantageous to his country, but… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I don't envy Netanyahu's situation, because I think he is in hot water. Obviously, this man has a totally different sense of… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
“It is a curious thought that the earliest description of the steam-engine in antiquity describes its use for the magic opening of… — Frederick Soddy Copy Share Image
I'm going to continue to get my message out there and I'm going to continue to send Canadians information and substantiate what… — Leslyn Lewis Copy Share Image
Both Republicans and Democrats championed a structure that allowed the 'application layer' of Internet architecture to be free from government intervention, apart… — Michael O'Rielly Copy Share Image
“What are the present governments of Europe, but a scene of iniquity and oppression? What is that of England? Do not its… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Once one accepts the premise of the Declaration of Independence - that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the… — Thomas I. Emerson Copy Share Image
In professions where the criteria of professionalism, expertise, good manners and ethics apply, the gender aspect, i.e., whether a person is a… — Dalia Grybauskaite Copy Share Image
It has always been an irony to me that the 'religious right' has come under so much attack for being involved in… — Kay Coles James Copy Share Image
There is but one method of rendering a republican form of government durable, and that is by disseminating the seeds of virtue… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Ten thousand times has the labor movement stumbled and bruised itself. We have been enjoined by the courts, assaulted by thugs, charged… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
The character of the tribunes was, in every respect, different from that of the consuls. The appearance of the former was modest… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political - legislative and… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
The biggest misconception people have about me is that when they see how young I am, they think, 'Oh, this guy must… — Aaron Schock Copy Share Image
“Sanders was unequivocal. A Donald Trump presidency was too dangerous a concept for third-party politics or protest votes. Earlier in the day,… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
Government and other scientists have identified hundreds of chemicals that are linked to diseases in small concentrations and that are unregulated in… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
I do not lift my voice against the great and glorious Government guaranteed to every citizen by the Constitution, but against those… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
The bottom line is there are lots of problems that were not created by government. The biggest one is loss of middle… — Chuck Schumer Copy Share Image
The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum. A few thousand… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
“She still remembers the effect a certain book can have on people at the right time in their lives. A book, at… — Don Borchert Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more vital to him than prejudices. Let us not take this word in bad part. It does not necessarily signify… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
“When a newly acquired State has been accustomed, as I have said, to live under its own laws and in freedom, there… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
We, the monarchs, are undoubtedly constants in a constantly changing world. Because we have always been there, but also because we do… — Margrethe II of Denmark Copy Share Image
Those words, temperate and moderate, are words either of political cowardice, or of cunning, or seduction. A thing, moderately good is not… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I would like to suggest to you that the extent to which government in America has departed from the original design of… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
If the Socialism is Authoritarian; if there are Governments armed with economic power as they are now with political power; if, in… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The race question is subsidiary to the class question in politics, and to think of imperialism in terms of race is disastrous.… — C. L. R. James Copy Share Image
All political parties with secular credentials are bound to align and unite in fighting against communal forces. So, when the time comes,… — N. Chandrababu Naidu Copy Share Image
We fight for territory. We see it in our Congress, we see it in our political systems, we see it in our… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Dr. Ben Carson has the most moving personal narrative in modern presidential politics. His mother, one of 24 children, had only a… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
“There was much talk in the American press in the early eighties about the political cautiousness of a new generation of college… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“Political philosophy reaches for the best regime, a regime so good that it can hardly exist. Political science advances a theory—in fact,… — Harvey Mansfield Copy Share Image
“Everybody is satisfied, that a conservation and secure enjoyment of our natural rights is the great and ultimate purpose of civil society;… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
To the American people of 1789, their nation promised a new way of life: each individual a free man; each having the… — Charles A. Reich Copy Share Image
“He wasn't a bad person. He didn't want to fight. The trouble was that he'd tried to be part of the larger… — Kiran Desai Copy Share Image
But, Jefferson worried that the people - and the argument goes back to Thucydides and Aristotle - are easily misled. He also… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Voters—here’s the real challenge: we don’t need empty promises made by politicians whose only goal in life is to get elected or… — Lee Ellis Copy Share Image
A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“The government and the mining companies are digging away in villages, virgin forests, pure rivers, and the very values of equality and… — Josy Joseph Copy Share Image
Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you, and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
