“We can't trust the evening news. We can't trust our politicians. Our universities, the gateway to a better life, are rigged against… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“Democracy rests on the principle of majority rule, yet it’s eternally coupled with the tolerance of dissenting views. However, ongoing competitive party… — Ramkrishna Guru Copy Share Image
It should be no surprise that when rich men take control of the government, they pass laws that are favorable to themselves.… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
“When the First Amendment was finally approved, it contained two separate clauses on religion, each with an independent scope of action. The… — David Barton Copy Share Image
But politicians who talk about failed policies are just blowing smoke. Government policies succeed in doing exactly what they are supposed to… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
Let a durable and firm peace be established and this government be confined rigidly to the few great objects for which it… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Here in the UK the government has decided to accept the recommendations of the Better Regulation Task Force to measure and make… — John Hutton Copy Share Image
Being the governor of a state is a more pivotal job in the future. I do indeed hope there's someone that says,… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
We come from the days when rap used to agitate the mainstream. Now it's more buddy-buddy. That doesn't sit well with me.… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
It is preferable to regard labour, including, of course, the personal services of the entrepreneur, and his assistants, as the sole factor… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I can think of no faster way to unite the American people behind George W. Bush than a terrorist attack on an… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
“A man votes for one party and remains miserable; he concludes that it was the other party that would bring the millennium.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think the idea of freedom or liberty is really misused for political reasons, but it's something that resonates with people to… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
“An individualist town councillor will walk along the municipal pavement, lit by municipal gas and cleansed by municipal brooms with municipal water… — Sidney Webb Copy Share Image
“What civilization has done to women’s bodies is no different than what it’s done to the earth, to children, to the sick,… — Tiqqun Copy Share Image
Despite the never-ending debate on the question of the role of government in America, there's been a strong tradition of protecting our… — Walt Mossberg Copy Share Image
Governments can enhance growth by increasing inclusiveness. A country's most valuable resource is its people. So it is essential to ensure that… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
“Paranoia has its downsides as an agency in daily life, or in the political sphere of collective action, which finds itself beset… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I would certainly say that politics in Washington has changed dramatically since 1980. It's gotten to be a nasty business with so… — Sarah Brady Copy Share Image
I look at history, there's not a government on the planet I respect. No country in history was ever safe to its… — Patch Adams Copy Share Image
“Almost everybody in the campaign, still an extremely small outfit, thought of themselves as a clear-eyed team, as realistic about their prospects… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
Both Conservative and Labour politicians in Britain are rather too fond of praising the relative 'classlessness' of American society and of urging… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
This may be the day when finally after all the false dawns and dashed hope, peace replaced war, politics replaces terror on… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Public service does not necessarily mean service in the House of Commons, and public service is not synonymous with partisan political activity.… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
[The Republican plan will] make sure we bring down the cost of health care for all Americans and that ensures affordable access… — Virginia Foxx Copy Share Image
“What is the sum of not recognizing the tremendous need for self reflection of all entities of our time. History repeats itself,… — Monaristw Copy Share Image
I have written to Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, asking him to consider 'staggered office timings' for government… — Veerappa Moily Copy Share Image
When you have the Chief of Staff of the Republican National Committee and the political director of the Romney campaign, and their… — Patrick Caddell Copy Share Image
“Socialists are convinced socialism will work if it's only managed by the right people. It's one of the reasons so many socialist… — Tom King Copy Share Image
“In the politics of eternity, the seduction by a mythicized past prevents us from thinking about possible futures. The habit of dwelling… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
You will permit me to say, that a greater drama is now acting on this theatre than has heretofore been brought on… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Our society constantly promotes role models for masculinity, from superheroes to politicians, where the concept of being a 'man' is based in… — Deeyah Khan Copy Share Image
“A very focused Chinese government, with firm, long-term social and economic goals, and an increasingly assertive international voice, is feeling more pressure… — Jeremy Gordon Copy Share Image
The Commission agrees that the federal government should help alleviate these costs. The best way to do so is to reduce illegal… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
“Since the debt limit simply accommodates debt that has already been incurred, raising it should, in theory, be perfunctory. But politicians have… — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
We're very good at talking about the individual in American politics and excellent at talking about the government. But we have little… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
My work shows how important it is that independent researchers should have access to data so that government statistics can be checked… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
'Freedom' means a lot to conservatives, but they have such a narrow sense of what it means. They think a lot about… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
“The theory I have in mind is one which does not proceed, as it were, from a doctrine of the intrinsic goodness… — Karl R. Popper Copy Share Image