My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture. — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear… — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
"Masters of War" [of Bob Dylan] wasn't peacenik, anti-war stuff. With its minor key and uncompromising final lines ("And I hope that… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
Privacy is absolutely essential to maintaining a free society. The idea that is at the foundation of the notion of privacy is… — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr Copy Share Image
Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends,… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It's very scary to have a death threat living over your head.… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
At 19, I basically held the position that if you were intellectually honest and really wanted to get in touch with political… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
The work of an intellectual is not to mould the political willof others; it is, through the analyses that he does in… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I do suppose what any political satire, what any political joke can count as a gaffe or a possible career-ending move. It… — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have reviewed I have been comfortable with the innocence… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
There is one great advantage to being an academic economist in France: here, economists are not highly respected in the academic and… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
"I've become a huge fan of term limits," the former aide said, "because Armey and the others in leadership used to be… — Mark Sanford Copy Share Image
If I were running to be somebody, there are a lot of easier sombodies to be. After all, running against the incumbent… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
We already have two branches of federal government that factor political considerations into their decision-making, and our Founding Fathers determined long ago… — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
didn't come from a particularly political family. My parents were regular voters. My parents didn't make enough money to contribute to campaigns,… — Josh Earnest Copy Share Image
Political freedom is neither easy nor automatic, neither pleasant nor secure. It is the responsibility of the individual for the decisions of… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Much has already been learned about the arrogance of the IRS from the House investigations of the agency's targeting of conservatives. The… — Cleta Mitchell Copy Share Image
Wal-Mart has become the whipping boy for political demagogues, unions and anti-traders. I suggest that they have the wrong target.... Wal-Mart exists… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
“There is no cause so good or noble that it will not attract fuggheads; and the fuggheads will get all the press.” — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
People who looked like me were not in positions of political influence, let alone leading governments when I was younger. — Humza Yousaf Copy Share Image
You dont have to be a political genius to sniff the smell of blood in the water. — Rich Galen Copy Share Image
At a certain point, the atmosphere in the West could change. But I don't see determined political will [for that] at the… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
All writers who can claim to be called 'living' must be political in a sense. They must have what the Quakers call… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
Probably also due to the political situation getting just worse and more extreme, but also this distance and this sadness of this… — Sayed Kashua Copy Share Image
“That’s got to stop,” says I. “The idea of any blood-thirsty pirate (Mexican President Diaz) sitting on a throne and reaching across… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image