America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
And I think if the president's made a mistake here, it's this laid-back kind of approach where he's waiting for someone else… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Nowhere has democracy ever worked well without a great measure of local self-government, providing a school of political training for the people… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
However, crisis in world trade is, among other things, the result of using political tools in competition or simply for achieving political… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The more I hear about Eddie Izzard's political agenda, the more sympathetic I feel. I cheer him on in his cause, but… — Layla Moran Copy Share Image
[On political correctness:] Any intended message mattered less than the received message, and every received message could be interpreted in whatever way… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
There is no legislation--I care not what it is--tariff, railroads, corporations, or of a general political character, that all equals in importance… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
As long as the government can arbitrarily decide which substances are legal and which are illegal, then those who remain behind bars… — Paul Krassner Copy Share Image
Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive.… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I was raised to give back. I was born to immigrant parents and was fortunate to become successful at an early age.… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
With Climate Change as a Security Risk, WBGU has compiled a flagship report on an issue that quite rightly is rising rapidly… — Achim Steiner Copy Share Image
Rebellions tend to be negative, to denounce and expose the enemy without providing a positive vision of a new future...A revolution is… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
My feeling is that most political poetry is preaching to the choir, and that the people who are going to make the… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
Al forms of consensus about ''great'' books and ''perennial'' problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate eventually into something philistine. The real life… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
People of my generation in Portugal fell into the magic potion of political ideas. What was very funny about this revolution was… — Maria de Medeiros Copy Share Image
Of course, no state accepts [that it should call] the people it is imprisoning or detaining for political reasons, political prisoners. They… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
Political Economy as a branch of science is extremely modern; but the subject with which its enquiries are conversant has in all… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The latest political rumor, North Korea ruler Kim Jong Il is close to naming his successor. Yeah, he said the only person… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“It is serene and peaceful on the higher levels of the barrio, closer to the dome. Closer to the never-ending space outside.… — Christian Terry and Julian Fernandes Copy Share Image
Whenever there's a tragedy involving gun use, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, the gun-control lobby and the news media seize it as another… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash.… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Very unusual in an insurgency to have absolutely no political agenda other than to return to power. Most insurgents have a political… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
I wouldn't even say "Imagine" is political. I think it's…more just sort of declaration of humanity. I don't find his political songs… — Sean Lennon Copy Share Image
I think we are making a mistake, a very big mistake if we look at what we call the Arab Awakening only… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
I'm not a political progressive, but I consider myself a progressive person. What makes me a progressive, in my opinion, is the… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Individual rights always go along with the interests of the society. I want to add that in Vietnam we have no political… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There you have it: an expensive higher education based on sloganeering, on pat, trite phrases that substitute moral posturing for political reasoning.… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
On the other hand, one factor helps us that no other liberation struggle in this region could count on - our liberation… — Joe Slovo Copy Share Image
We all want to be honest and draw lessons from the past, the WHO is the only international organization that has universal… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Like the effect of advertising upon the customer, the methods of political propaganda tend to increase the feeling of insignificance of the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I've been doing the 'Sherman's Lagoon' strip for about 18 years, and I was a political cartoonist before that for my hometown… — Jim Toomey Copy Share Image
As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I jumped out of a moving car. I would do anything. Now, being a father and knowing the… — Nick Frost Copy Share Image
Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
And let me say this as a politician I can promise you this, political leaders will never take risks if the people… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All secret oath-bound political parties are dangerous to any nation, no matter how pure or how patriotic the motives and principles which… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain… — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
Among the droves of men with political ambitions in the United States, I found very few with that virile candor, that manly… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
It's not a lack of competence that is preventing the [Barack] Obama administration from stopping these attacks. It is political correctness. We… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
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