My parents both defected from communist Hungary and were what most people would today call libertarian. I grew up with a general… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
Nothing is more favorable to the rise of politeness and learning, than a number of neighboring and independent states, connected together by… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Absent geopolitical crises, the role of government policy isn't as big as people think in the short run. In the immediate term,… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
Look at the history of the printing press, when this was invented what sort of consequences this had. Or industrialization, what sort… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
It's an experiment, and it's probably good to have a couple states try it out to see before you make that national… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It should be clear to everyone that the nation's steadfast policy should afford every American of working age a realistic opportunity to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Health systems usually deal with the consequences of violence. We normally, in the health system, don't have the tools to prevent it,… — Julio Frenk Copy Share Image
It is bad policy to regulate everything... where things may better regulate themselves and can be better promoted by private exertions; but… — Friedrich List Copy Share Image
I have never said that people 'should' engage in armed attacks on the United States, but that such attacks are a natural… — Ward Churchill Copy Share Image
Over the next ten years, I predict, the mainstream of the environmental movement will reverse its opinion and activism in four major… — Stewart Brand Copy Share Image
One has to always ask the question: Where can one be most effective in helping shape policies? It is always difficult when… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
Its pretty rare for companies to have a snooping policy, although it is getting more common. — David R. Ellis Copy Share Image
In the English character, the "give and take" policy, the business principle of the trader, is principally inherent. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I think most Americans are ready for waging peace and not just brutalizing our foreign policy which is boomeranging against us. — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Currently under FCC policy, indecency determinations hinge on two factors. First, material must describe or depict sexual or excretory organs or activities.… — Doug Ose Copy Share Image
Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Like a young heir, come a little prematurely to a large inheritance, we shall wanton and run riot until we have brought… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Most actors are very deeply passionate about their line of work. I suppose there are probably people who sell insurance policies that… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
The American people have a right to except that the rule of law will guarantee that even if we don't like the… — Darrell Issa Copy Share Image
It's a lovely thing to see intelligent argument, unbending principle and policy go up against demagoguery, nativism and vulgar name-calling. — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Broadly speaking, the Southern and Western desert and mountain states will vote for the candidate who endorses an aggressive military, a role… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
you cannot maintain popular support for immigration policy, multiculturalism, unless you can control your borders. — Malcolm Turnbull Copy Share Image
It is generally admitted that the cultural values (humanization) and the existing institutions and policies of society are rarely,if ever, in harmony.… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
Why is the media doing what they're doing? Well, there are many answers for it. I don't mean to be insulting anybody… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Actors spend a great deal of their time making films. And that doesn't mean that they're not educated. But we haven't gone… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
We need to keep in mind the well-established fact that the full effects of monetary policy are felt only after long lags.… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
I'm not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate. Given the choice between being reviled… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We are Wikipedians. This means that we should be: kind, thoughtful, passionate about getting it right, open, tolerant of different viewpoints, open… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
I am so profoundly aware of my lack of skill to make any material difference. I am not a doctor. I can't… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
It's probably a prerequisite for the job, or at least you have to have enough craziness to think that you can do… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Societal transformation isn't going to happen in one month, one year, or even one lifetime. But we see it happen person by… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton, who, to his credit, has established a clear and consistent foreign policy, which is as follows: Whenever the president of… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
In stabilizing the macroeconomic environment, we have focused on aligning fiscal with monetary policy and nudging the central bank toward the objective… — Yemi Osinbajo Copy Share Image
If you have a crippling fear of public speaking, recognize that that is perfectly normal. And know that the only way to… — Dana Perino Copy Share Image
If we had an immigration policy, sanctuary cities would not be the symptom that manifests itself. — John Layfield Copy Share Image
Supporters of this fundamental change in immigration policy say we need to import more well-educated talent if we're to stay competitive. But… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Honey lamb, there are a lot of things in this world I feel insecure about. Religion. Our national economic policies. What color… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image