The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, too many public school officials believe that cameras are needed to enforce order and discipline. — Paul Weyrich Copy Share Image
I was the first Arts Council official in the archipelago to do something for what you might call indigenous music. — Michael Longley Copy Share Image
The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials. — Victor Mitchell Copy Share Image
The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies. — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
State Department official accused of offering 'quid pro quo' in [Hillary] Clinton email scandal. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Starting my business has been very hard work. I have received no help from any officials at all. — Chen Guangbiao Copy Share Image
I let the American people down, and I have to carry that burden for the rest of my life. My political life… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
A clear enunciation of these rights needs to be enshrined in the constitution to guarantee that this basic right of law-abiding gun… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
As nearly two dozen Secret Service agents and members of the military were punished or fired following a 2012 prostitution scandal in… — Carol D. Leonnig Copy Share Image
In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time… — Charles Edison Copy Share Image
I am not here as a public official, but as a citizen of a troubled world who finds hope in a growing… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons… — Ari Fleischer 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
Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper… — Evan Bayh Copy Share Image
High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The Yippie demonstrations were merely an attack of mental disobedience on an obediently insane society... and if you feel you have been… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
The real invasion of South Vietnam which was directed largely against the rural society began directly in 1962 after many years of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The immaterial told me that I was indeed an occidental, a right-thinking Christian who believes in the 'Resurrection of the flesh'. A… — Yves Klein Copy Share Image
In fact, five years ago, after Saddam ejected the UN inspectors, John McCain and I gave up on containment and introduced the… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
I can imagine no greater disservice to the country than to establish a system of censorship that would deny to the people… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
I learned this one growing up in Texas and, subsequently, living in Los Angeles: always use the 'usted' form when speaking to… — Iliza Shlesinger Copy Share Image
On one occasion, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeremy Irons and myself were due to appear at the Sarajevo film festival and were turned off… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn't seem to… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
I would advise you to get all of your blessings written and preserve them...I do feel to enjoin it upon you to… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
I remember my very first encounter with Japan. At that time, I was Deputy Mayor of St Petersburg. Out of nowhere, Japan's… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In the Islamic world, the U.S. is seen in two quite different ways. One view recognizes what an extraordinary country the U.S.… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
There is nothing in either savage or civilized history that is more utterly complete, more remorselessly sweeping than the Father of Mercy´s… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Of course, we knew that the official reports were sketchy, if not falsified. But, in terms of information theory, this is precisely… — Konrad Zuse Copy Share Image
Despite the Internet 's origin in the late 1960s as a government sponsored means of communication between the Department of Defense, private… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image