Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Few things trigger fear and misconception more than economic tribulation, and nothing prompts elected officials to react with more simplistic populism. — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
“Authority confined in you does not make you a leader. It is the authority created by you that makes you influence people… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I promise that as a president elected in a direct popular vote, I will try to be the voice of all citizens. — Milos Zeman Copy Share Image
I've thought from the start that a parallel federal investigation into the death of Michael Brown is important. I also believe that… — Roy Blunt Copy Share Image
I was first elected to public office when the Reagan revolution was in full swing. Maximizing freedom guided the policies of that… — Jon Kyl Copy Share Image
“Self-leaders are still true leaders even if they have no known followers. True leaders inspire by the influence of their characters and… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
No work-family balance will ever fully take hold if the social conditions that might make it possible - men who are willing… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
Selling public property is the true Chicago way. Had Mr. Obama not been elected president, the nation's business journals would be falling… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
I don't look forward to a time when every politician, every legislator goes to Washington absolutely committed to an extreme point of… — Lloyd Blankfein Copy Share Image
It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Copy Share Image
Twenty-six years ago, I became the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right. I was the first, but… — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
This fundraising is consuming us. It's impossible to overstate, I think, what it's doing to members and their ability to just focus… — John Sarbanes Copy Share Image
When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%.… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
For someone like me who, as a kid, walked to school muttering little political speeches to myself, it was irresistible to finally… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
I'm so, so full of joy that America elected Obama. He didn't win because he was black - people voted for him… — Estelle Fanta Swaray Copy Share Image
The job of elected leaders is to deliver results that represent the interests of the citizens who placed them in a position… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
We have, for whatever the reason, disturbed people... who sometimes do terrible, violent things, and sometimes those of us who serve in… — Jan Brewer Copy Share Image
Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will. — Scott Brown Copy Share Image
In the year of our Lord 2010, the voters of the United States elected the worst Congress in the history of the… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
I was in the drama club, and I was one of seven co-presidents of the student body. Students elected me; I dont… — Nicholas Braun Copy Share Image
