Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price? — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The Russian government imposed my head on the body of Russian models in straight jackets. — Jen Psaki Copy Share Image
“We have to help people imagine alternatives to monopoly government before we can hope for any popular support for those alternatives.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Unless we establish some form of world government, it will not be possible for us to avert a World War III in… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Freedom is not a gift received from the State or leader, but a possession to be won every day by the effort… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations, invariably result from misunderstandings in the broadest interpretation of this term. — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
I would like to see the Iraqi government guarantee social insurance for the Yazidi women who were enslaved and to recognise their… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
There is an interesting parallel between the 'Argo' story and '13 Hours' in that, around the world, we have 285 or so… — Mitchell Zuckoff Copy Share Image
Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural equality… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody… — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
Actually, they (extremists) wanted to take this opportunity to mobilize the people for the religious unification and to divert the government's attention… — Shahbaz Bhatti Copy Share Image
Keeping a lid on taxes is not just good for the taxpayer. It's a powerful way to force government to be more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a distorted perception of what goes on in Brussels. No one reports on the Commission taking a hundred initiatives from… — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
No matter who you are, do not be a fanatic. Do not be a fanatic neither religious, nor ideological, nor political, neither… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“Supposedly, the government is in the process of saving us from terrorists. No one has quite figured out who is going to… — Doug Rose Copy Share Image
“I was once asked if I had any ideas for a really scary reality TV show. I have one reality show that… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
You still could go to some industry or some university or the government and if you could persuade them you had something… — Clifford D. Simak Copy Share Image
If the practice persists of covering government deficits with the issue of notes, then the day will come without fail, sooner or… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
To rail and rant against tyranny is to manifest inferiority, for there is no tyranny but ignorance; to be conscious of one's… — E.C. Riegel Copy Share Image
We have lost that which has made us great over the generations, and that is the sense of individual and personal responsibility… — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
The president and other government officials denounce school violence, yet still advocate for endless undeclared wars abroad and easy abortion at home.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
[Short Talk on Sylvia Plath] Did you see her mother on television? She said plain, burned things. She said I thought it… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
My first real breakthrough collided with the last months of Callaghan's Labour government, which had every intention of enjoying my success as… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
The State is the coldest of all cold monsters, and coldly it tells lies, and this lie drones on from its mouth:… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
To me, technology was a means to an end to achieve the social justice goals, stronger democracy and more effective government that… — Beth Simone Noveck Copy Share Image
The government has to take every effort to create the conditions for peace to be established in the four corners of the… — Jovenel Moise Copy Share Image
I certainly think that a Labour Government will have to have effective powers to control the outflow of capital. — Michael Foot Copy Share Image
The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests. — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share Image
“We never questioned the government, ma'am." -Guard "That was your problem." -Melanie Adams” — Rosie Scott Copy Share Image
The government under Manmohan Singh is treating all political partners in a dignified manner. — Sharad Pawar Copy Share Image
A prime minister's job is to make sure the government works for those who have elected him, and not for big corporations. — Jack Layton Copy Share Image
“I am looking forward to the departure of the corrupt Obama administration in 2017.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
On July 4 we celebrate government of the people, by the people, and for the people, or as they are now called, corporations. — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles. — John Buchanan Robinson Copy Share Image
[M]ore Americans work for federal, state or local government than work in any form of manufacturing. We crossed that Rubicon about 10… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The only accusation of Gillian Triggs with the ring of truth is that she has lost the confidence of the government -… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image