“The Mexicans had fired the first shot. But they had done what the American government wanted, according to Colonel Hitchcock, who wrote… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
We've never had to confront a really nationalistic American government since the War of 1812. But if it ever happened, it would… — Robert Bothwell Copy Share Image
If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government... The whole system of American Government… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I looked on the television the other night and saw them beating a Negro unmercifully in Mississippi. And this is the result… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Alec Baldwin has done this great Donald Trump. I wish somebody would hire Leslie Jordan to play Jeff Sessions. The only way… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
As believers in democracy we have not only the right but the duty to question existing mechanisms of, say, suffrage and to… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The American government is doing whatever it wants to, without any representative of the American public watching what it is doing. — John Chancellor Copy Share Image
Three times before, in the 1850s, the 1890s, and the 1920s, oligarchs took over the American government and threatened to destroy democracy.… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
I am quite aware that a distinction must be drawn between the American government and the American people. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 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
“Referring to the American government, the greatest American Anarchist, David Thoreau, said: "Government, what is it but a tradition, though a recent… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The people of North America, at this time, expect a revisal and reformation of the American Governments, and are better disposed to… — 1st Baronet Sir Francis Bernard Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
A dramatic unwinding of that relationship [between USA and China], by way of an aggressive trade policy, is one of the nightmare… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“the greatest menace to freedom is an inert people; that public discussion is a political duty; and that this should be a… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
“It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“There is nothing in which mankind have been more unanimous [founding nations upon superstition]; yet nothing can be inferred from it more… — John Adams Copy Share Image
In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
“I have often wondered about a paradox in American government: Every four years, voters elect a president and in California a governor,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon prompted a fundamental shift in the American government's approach… — Amy Waldman Copy Share Image
The American government must finally learn lessons from the past. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
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