Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: 'Do I love my… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Until the June 1967 war I was completely caught up in the life of a young professor of English. Beginning in 1968,… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
“A few casualties always come with the war,” Zadok answers. I stare at him for a moment, caught off-guard by his merciless… — C.R. Beck Copy Share Image
The government should never be in the business of coercing the citizenry into making medical decisions but rather provide all necessary information… — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
You know that I am living proof that the American Dream is real. Growing up, our congressman cut through government bureaucratic red… — Geoff Davis Copy Share Image
I went out to testify in front of the Ways and Means Committee out in Congress on open free trade to China.… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
I feel passionately about issues, and I don't hide my emotions from people. I am not a focus group-tested, blow-dried candidate or… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Revealingly, the central function of the Constitution as law--the supreme law--was to impose limitations not on the behavior of ordinary citizens but… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
For several years, I made my unofficial beat the stories, struggles, and politics of blacks in America. I wrote about other things,… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is now an article of absolute faith among Republicans that 'the government' is an entity separate from 'the American people,' which… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'm a political refugee, and my identity as a political refugee was extraordinarily important to my upbringing. And my parents were very… — Alejandro Mayorkas Copy Share Image
Governments and citizens blend together only in the imaginations of political theorists. Government is, and always will be, an alien power over… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The media, I think, wants Kerry to win… And I think they're going to portray Kerry and Edwards ... I'm talking about… — Evan Thomas Copy Share Image
“As far as they were concerned, if the U.S. government did not extinguish its debt, there would always be public creditors. Those… — Kevin R.C. Gutzman Copy Share Image
“The British government documents, as early as fifty years ago, an aim for education other than the one we have today: raising… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
My links with [Mahatma] Gandhi now are very political links because I do not believe there is any other politics available to… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their… — Upamanyu Chatterjee Copy Share Image
We used to think that you could spend your way out of a recession and increase employment by cutting taxes and boosting… — James Callaghan Copy Share Image
“But Susan's thoughts were far removed from the political implications of Digital Fortress. She was still struggling to comprehend its existence. She'd… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
So, I bought a new cd and I was trying to get it open but couldn't with all the layers..I mean plastic… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
The function of our Government is to insure to all its citizens, now and hereafter, their rights to life, liberty, and the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“We Americans are not usually thought to be a submissive people, but of course we are. Why else would we allow our… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Monopolistic capitalism is to blame for this; it sunders the right to own property from responsibility that owning property involves. Those who… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
The heritage of the American Revolution is forgotten, and the American government, for better and for worse, has entered into theheritage of… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
We grew up in my family thinking that politics was a really fascinating way to spend one's career and a way to… — John F. Kennedy Jr Copy Share Image
“The only crime of the Government is that it governs. The unpardonable sin of the supreme power is that it is supreme.… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Global inequality is such an abstract concept, simply because there is no global government. Telling people in rich countries who have had… — Branko Milanovic Copy Share Image
There are very powerful and wealthy special interests who want to privatize or dismember virtually every function that government now performs, whether… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“Humans do not simply, innocently, and honestly disagree with each other about the good, the just, the right, the principles and applications… — Gregory B. Sadler Copy Share Image
Let's be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus which is the business of politics. What is… — Timothy R Minnich Copy Share Image
I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out… — Lloyd Bentsen Copy Share Image
If the dominant political expression that we're seeing right now is of nostalgia and we know that nostalgia won't really work out,… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
The government is one thing and the country of Cuba and my people are something different completely, .. It's like the United… — Jose Contreras Copy Share Image
The most disappointing thing to me after 'Tusk' was the politics in the band. They said, 'We're not going to do that… — Lindsey Buckingham Copy Share Image
Whether it's a state trooper patrolling our highways, a teacher staying late to help a struggling student, or a social worker rescuing… — Kay Ivey Copy Share Image
Now, like, I'm President. It would be pretty hard for some drug guy to come into the White House and start offering… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whatever the rationale, the suppression of unorthodox cancer therapies and the sustained persecution of their proponents by government and colleagues runs counter… — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
Directing a movie is a little bit like being back in student government and putting on the homecoming dance. You're like, 'You… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image