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
You can't get around certain stuff, whether it's in Darfur or on your block at home. What makes us political is your… — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Treason is when legislators vote against homeland security measures because it goes against the wishes of their political or financial backers. Treason… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
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
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
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
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
It should be possible to emphasize to students that the level of employment is a macroeconomic issue, depending in the short run… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Those who today murdered our people in an ambush not only plotted to murder some Jews but intended to provoke us... The… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
“We speak of facts, yet facts exist only partially to us if they are not repeated and re-created through emotions, thoughts and… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
No human being should ever have to fear for his own life because of political or religious beliefs. We are all in… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
Photography is the only “language” understood in all parts of the world, and bridging all nations and cultures, it links the family… — Helmut Gernsheim Copy Share Image
“Life is political, not because the world cares about how you feel, but because the world reacts to what you do. The… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
I watch political shows for a number of weeks in a row, and all I see are guys arguing with each other… — Norm MacDonald 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
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
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
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
With a click of the Post Comment button, Netizens can quickly bring down the level of dialogue. Bloggers lob zingers, commenters trade… — Willow Bay Copy Share Image
From Ukraine to Syria, he [Vladimir Putin] is behaving like the world's new general and celebrating victories, while the American president sits… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Citizens, regardless of their political inclinations, carry a devout sense of their shared culture and its temperament - and, having contributed to… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the masses. This can only be accomplished by… — Herman Gorter Copy Share Image
The fact that the president was willing to reveal classified information for political gain and put the interests of his political party… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates,… — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image
I have always favored Capitalism as the best economic system and Democracy as the best political system. They both have the most… — Philip Kotler Copy Share Image
To cite the facts of history is to fall prey to 'moral equivalence,' or 'political correctness,' or 'the error of of atheism,'… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When I tried to create a new political party, which I stressed that this is not my party. I believe very much… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Women in Jordan are participating in all aspects of civil as well as political life - as female judges, parliamentarians, businesswomen. And… — Queen Rania of Jordan Copy Share Image
I think we're all enmeshed in this political system that is devoted to controlling reproduction. You didn't invent it; I didn't invent… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Here's what my CV usually does not say: I was trained as a teacher. My first job lasted less than 60 days.… — Amit Bhatia Copy Share Image
No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution - Revolution is but thought carried into action. Every effort… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I think the more dangerous and dire the political circumstances seem, the more you attach value to anything that shows you why… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
People are starting to wake up to the fact that a media/political party-complex basically decide our candidate, then create the illusion for… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image