The rise of capitalist practice and morality brought with it a radical revision of how the commons are treated, and also of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We have reached a new milestone as a human family. With seven billion of us now inhabiting our planet, it is time… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty… — Diane Abbott Copy Share Image
I studied politics and economics at Bristol, and people always assumed that I'd go into politics or a non-government organisation when I… — Ben Elliot Copy Share Image
“To say it's the poor quality of the paint under socialism is correct, but it is not enough. To say it's soft-coal… — Slavenka Drakulić Copy Share Image
“The claimed legitimizing devices of political consent or personal labour served only to obscure the unjustifiable seizure of land from the common… — Peter Vallentyne Copy Share Image
“Google and Apple offer the image of a pseudo-commons to Internet users. That image recalls Nick Dyer-Whiteford's claim that, in light of… — Sumanth Gopinath Copy Share Image
As a young man, Dickens worked as a reporter in the House of Commons and hated it. He felt that all politicians… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
I can't get very excited about the House of Commons these days because I don't feel the power is there. What is… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
You grow great crops in great soil. And the soil is the commons. Increasingly, we have monopolistic companies that try to take… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Influence is best measured not only by military hardware and GDP, but also by other people's perceptions that we, the United States,… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
“For when people do not keep watch over the commons, it is destroyed. It results, then, that they fall into civil faction,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Universities are some of the few places left where a struggle for the commons, for public life, if not democracy itself, can… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
'Creative Commons' is the self-congratulatory name of a self-congratulatory movement. Somewhat like kibbutz on the Internet, the idea is to write programs… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
But first, the news: The House of Commons was sealed off today after police chased an escaped lunatic through the front door… — Ronnie Barker Copy Share Image
We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the… — Edward Coke Copy Share Image
“Because life is robust, Because life is bigger than equations, stronger than money, stronger than guns and poison and bad zoning policy,… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
In politics, they found there were not enough females in the House of Commons, so they came up with the idea of… — Gordon Taylor Copy Share Image
Jim Sheridan, the MP who wants to ban sketchwriters from the Commons for being rude about politicians, is a blithering idiot. Sorry,… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
