The expenses of government, having for their object the…

“The expenses of government, having for their object the interests of all, should be borne by every one, and the more a man enjoys…

— Anonymous

I think the one thing that's going on here is that people are saying, uh-oh, the Chinese economy might be slowing more than we…

— David Wessel

That's the government. Having been a politician and a musician, I can tell you which one is a higher calling. If musicians ran the…

— Kinky Friedman

When corporations get special handouts from the government, subsidies and tax breaks, it costs you. It means you have to pay more in taxes…

— Robert Reich

When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.

— Byron Dorgan

Well, marriage is a very important part of our culture and our society. If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we…

— Karl Rove

“In an affluent society there ought to be an income floor under every man below which society will not allow him to go –…

— Pierre Berton

“Communism deprives no man of the power to appropriate the products of society: all that it does is to deprive him of the power…

— Karl Marx

I have never said that human society ought to be aristocratic, but a great deal more than that. What I have said, and still…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

Women, nowhere in the world, have the kind of important position in society in the amount that they ought to have.

— Susanne Bier

A civilised society ought to make ample provision for everyone, no matter their background, to enjoy the arts and culture.

— Munira Mirza

“Truthspeaking is only valuable as a means to the preservation of society: only if it be admitted that it is valuable on this ground…

— Henry Sidgwick

And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is…

— Anonymous

Bourgeois society ought long ago to have gone to the dogs through sheer idleness; for those of its members who work, acquire nothing, and…

— Karl Marx

I just know that I wasn't happy where I was. I didn't feel complete. I didn't feel like I was contributing what I needed…

— Teddy Pendergrass