I have long argued that we need to reopen Alcatraz to house government criminals, and let tourists on excursion boats in San… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
“We have to rise up against all forms of power—but not just power in the narrow sense of the word, referring to… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
There is no question that if one were to ask whether we Americans are moving towards more liberty or more government control… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Deficits, as I've often said, aren't caused by too little taxing, they're caused by too much spending. Presidents can't appropriate a dollar… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, it probably is not “necessary” for the federal government to tax anyone directly; it could simply print the money it… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi government to build their own political, financial… — Tom Lantos Copy Share Image
What modernity requires is not that you cease living according to your faith, but that you accept that others may differ and… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
“And in spite of the fact that science, art, and politics had no special interest for him, he firmly held those views… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: Dissent is the highest form… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
Anyway, the way political history is passed down is influenced and spoiled by the closeness of the writers to the political figures… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
The moral government of God is a movement in a line onwards towards some grand consummation, in which the principles, indeed, are… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Before the war, the domain of culture seemed to offer a haven from the increasingly hateful world of politics. Now, when I… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
“And he says that everything, absolutely everything, is a question of aesthetics and color. That people aren’t really unhappy with you or… — Pedro Lemebel Copy Share Image
I urge Governments to considerably reduce funds allocated to the military, not only as a disarmament issue, but also as a potential… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
The drama of AIDS threatens not just some nations or societies, but the whole of humanity. It knows no frontiers of geography,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Political shenanigans come and go, yet often what feels like a big deal in Westminster fails to get a mention on the… — Grant Shapps Copy Share Image
“One and all they are driven by the twin engines of ignorance and willful barbarism. You nod, you also are familiar with… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
For wide swaths of training and education there are valuable spillovers which mean that the private sector needs support from the government.… — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
“Blanket could be used to form a new word—tenkalb—which in turn could be used, or not used at all. But that’s not… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there's no excuse for that. That's… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm very literate on policy. I'm very literate on the issues, and I'm an American first. I've been involved in politics long… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
Because many of us make mistakes that can have bad consequences, some intellectuals believe that it is the role of government to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The chief internal enemies of any state are not spies nor saboteurs nor the paid agents of foreign governments. They are, on… — Dalton Trumbo Copy Share Image
“New Rule: Americans must realize what makes NFL football so great: socialism. That's right, the NFL takes money from the rich teams… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“At the front, people die for their mistakes. Why should politicians be more gently treated? They made the war. They deserve a… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
If, then, the control of the people over the organs of their government be the measure of its republicanism, and I confess… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Our job is not to amuse our readers. Our mission is to stir them, inform and inflame them. Our task is to… — Tony Auth Copy Share Image
His presidency ended more than a decade ago, but politicians, Democrat and Republican, still talk about Ronald Reagan. Al Gore has an… — Bruce Morton Copy Share Image
The first duty of government is to ensure its citizens are protected, but ID cards could never have done that. They would… — Damian Green Copy Share Image
“The banishment of the Constitution and republicanism, like the disembowelment of the Declaration of Independence and individualism, has been scrupulous. There is… — Mark R. Levin Copy Share Image
“Bleeding Kansas and the Caning of Charles Sumner The reaction to the Kansas-Nebraska Act was intense, and in many ways violent.… — Lance T. Stewart Copy Share Image
Our membership of the E.U. muddied the waters of accountability, making it easy for U.K. elected politicians to pass the buck to… — Suella Braverman Copy Share Image
“The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Economists often define their discipline as "the allocation of scarce resources among competing ends." But when resources or money really become scarce,… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Politics, under a democracy, reduces itself to a mere struggle for office by flatterers of the proletariat; even when a superior man… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
By operating independently of government aid, the churches . . . avoid the resentment of those who do not want to be… — John M Swomley Copy Share Image
Well, my theory is this: war is such a terrible, such an atrocious, thing that no man, at least no Christian man,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute; where no Catholic prelate would tell the President… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
