My childhood memories include a time when the government confiscated my family's possessions and exiled us to a camp in the B.C.… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
I am committed against every thing which in my judgment, may weaken, endanger, or destroy (the Constitution) ... and especially against all… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
We don't need to completely dumb things down. We need to speak about things in an accessible way. But we have a… — Jen Psaki Copy Share Image
As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of… — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
When asylum seekers began arriving at the southern border in 2018, New Mexico's communities answered the call to provide humanitarian care. Churches,… — Ben Ray Lujan Copy Share Image
We're looking to identify funds if we can. We're also looking at other resources to assist the government in making this a… — Thomas G. Glenn Copy Share Image
Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we… — Dirk Kempthorne Copy Share Image
It is not for us to give an assessment to what happened, but in our opinion the reputation of British science, the… — Andrey Illarionov Copy Share Image
“Is that all, sir? Only we've got stuff to finish before our knocking-off time, you see, and if we stay late we… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Individuals and communities need to clearly tell government if they want parity for First Australians. Only this will overcome the vested interests… — Andrew Forrest Copy Share Image
There are people who oppose a federal Constitutional amendment because they think that the law of family should be made by the… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Earlier the world was bi polar. Foreign policy would be centered around two super powers. India was a little late in realizing… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Corporations are a good thing. But corporations should not be running our government... They have driven the American economy since its founding,… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
If our republican form of government is perishing because communications - the infrastructure of that republic - is under the yoke of… — Mark Lloyd Copy Share Image
The Chinese central government will slowly and steadily lose authority while regional armies [gain power]. The Western powers are going to take… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Ordinary people - churches, too - have a role to force politicians to respond. Governments are not impressed with theories, but governments… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
Think for a moment about what Obamacare has done: The federal government has come up with its own (ever-evolving) definition of 'health… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
If any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people by his own authority and without such… — John Locke Copy Share Image
With over 1 billion users and counting worldwide, the Internet has quickly become a critical place for individuals, business communities and governments… — Robin Hayes Copy Share Image
The federal government... knows how to put a missile in someone's room half way around the world with technology. Why don't we… — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
In a virtuous government, and more especially in times like these, public offices are what they should be - burdens to those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
How can it be, in a country as strong and rich as this one, that tens of thousands of Americans who need… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We believe in a government strong enough to use words like "love" and "compassion" and smart enough to convert our noblest aspirations… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
Effective self-government cannot succeed unless the people are immersed in a steady, robust, unimpeded, and uncensored flow of opinion and reporting which… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Congressional overseers and the public must be given appropriate insight into government activities as well as their legal rationale to ensure America's… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The crossroads where government meets enterprise can be an exciting crossroads. It can also be a corrupt crossroads. It requires moral rectitude… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The problem is that corporations have way too much power in Congress and the government and they're rigging the system so that… — Richard Patrick Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot meaningfully function without an informed citizenry, and such a citizenry is impossible without broad public access to information about the… — Ryan Shapiro Copy Share Image
Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
When I originally went into government early in my career, it was because I was interested in finding ways to help people… — Marne Levine Copy Share Image
And I can tell you that history will back up what I'm about to say and that is that there is no… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Look at the posture of prayer. It is the posture of slavery, of bowing before your master. We are a proudly rebellious… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines… — Peter DeFazio Copy Share Image
The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
America needs fewer laws, not more prisons. By trying to seize far more power than is necessary over American citizens, the federal… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
One of the really positive things about minority government is that there is the necessity to broker policy positions. What happens is… — Kathleen Wynne Copy Share Image
It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, ina government ship, with five hundred men and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image