“Democracy is a poor system; the only thing that can be said for it is that it's eight times as good as… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I began to despise Lenin, even when I was in the first grade, not so much because of his political philosophy or… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“Most politicians are corrupt as they do not represent the masses that voted for them, but rather they choose to return numerous… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
The Reservoir plan is an engineering mechanism applied to the field of economics, and in its essence it has nothing to do… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
“Prolific irony - For 8 years, the finger on the button that could end the world belonged to a president who couldn't… — T. Rafael Cimino Copy Share Image
“Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
The fundamental question of political philosophy, one that precedes questions about how the state should be organized, is whether there should be… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
Men are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology: why should they be allowed to think freely about political philosophy? — Auguste Comte Copy Share Image
Among the liberties of citizens that are guaranteed are ... the right to believe what one chooses, the right to differ from… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Force is a physical power; I do not see how its effects could produce morality. To yield to force is an act… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
If you can’t lead and you can’t deliver, then your own personal political philosophy is pretty much irrelevant, there have been far… — Rich Nugent Copy Share Image
Can one understand politics without understanding history, especially the history of political thought, and will this distinguish political philosophy from some other… — Raymond Geuss Copy Share Image
“Some days of my vagabond life I read Arthur Schopenhauer and others Friedrich Nietzsche. I was a humble learner – an empty… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Believing, as they now did, that the heavenly powers took part in human affairs, they became so much absorbed in the cultivation… — Livy Copy Share Image
Libertarians secretly worried that ultimately someone will figure out the whole of their political philosophy boils down to “Get Off My Property.”… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
People of Haiti, I am the heir to the political philosophy, the doctrine and the revolution which my late father incarnated as… — Jean-Claude Duvalier Copy Share Image
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts not only because of their historical development -… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art: It arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement. Philosophy is a hypothetical interpretation… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
No Irish nationalist could support any treaty which institutionalizes British government claims to a part of Irish national territory. Indeed, the term… — Gerry Adams Copy Share Image
“Yet man is born to love. He is compassionate, just and good. He sheds tears for others and such tears give him… — The Crooked Timber of Humanity Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
“The history of philosophy, and perhaps especially of moral, social and political philosophy, is there to prevent us from becoming too readily… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The great thing about libertarianism is that it is a political superstructure in which most other political philosophies can operate. No other… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“During Castro’s tour to the United States, Canada and Latin America, everyone in Cuba listened intently to what he was saying. Fidel’s… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“Government does not create wealth; it redistributes it. Whatever it gives you it must first take from someone else.” — Robert W. McGee Copy Share Image
“If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“He's a beautiful man, but I'm sorry he doesn't agree with my political philosophy Tip O'Neill on Ronald Reagan” — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
“If you are my food, how am I supposed to feel pity towards you? That would mean starvation for me. “A hungry… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“A stable and prosperous DRC is the victory of the World. Congo is a deciding factor for Africa's development whether we like… — Dr Ahmed Padia Binkatabana Copy Share Image
“To change a political system, the majority of the thinking citizens must unite, speak with one voice and stand firm like one… — Dr Ahmed Padia Binkatabana Copy Share Image
My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too. — Andrej Pejic Copy Share Image
“Other forces were at work besides conformism. But without the conformists, the great atrocities would have been impossible.” — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“I mean, you can't be a revolutionary after the revolution, can you? Didn't we all struggle so that kids like Lil wouldn't… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
You're not just voting for an individual, in my judgment, you're voting for an agenda. You're voting for a platform. You're voting… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Anarchism as a political philosophy seeks to dissolve all forms of authority and power, and if possible, wishes their complete abolition. — Peter Marshall Copy Share Image
“A politician lost an argument; he went on a rampage with his fists pointed towards the sky—a move which amounts to a… — Duop Chak Wuol Copy Share Image
In short, is American life of the future to be characterized by freedom or by servitude, strength or weakness? The answer must… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
I am a sworn atheist and therefore from my point of view the Talmud or the Koran don't constitute works of political… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
“I guess, then, that is what I find troublesome about this plan. It is too logical, too clever, too carefully thought out,… — J.W. Amran Copy Share Image
“It is my strong conviction that a realist conception of human nature should be made a servant of an ethic of progressive… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image