As the histories of ancient and modern democracies illustrate, the pressure of political movement in times of war, civil commotion, or general… — Robert Heilbroner 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
It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a scam.… — John Coleman Copy Share Image
The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in… — George Washington Copy Share Image
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
The belief in a political Utopia is especially dangerous. This is possibly connected with the fact that the search for a better… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I'm not really a political performer/comedian/performance artist or whatever you want to call it. But I feel like maybe I'm political just… — Bridget Everett Copy Share Image
There was this famous clash of civilization thesis from Samuel Huntington, a political theorist. And the idea was that Western civilization is… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Laws, it is said, are for the protection of the people. It's unfortunate that there are no statistics on the number of… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
However, if we leave the industrial machinery and their energy-distribution networks and leave them also all the people who have routine jobs… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
Women in the Arab world have a rich history in their active participation in political change from the Algeria revolution against the… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Anarchy, when it works to destroy authority in all its aspects, when it demands the abrogation of laws and the abolition of… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
My business is stanching blood and feeding fainting men; my post the open field between the bullet and the hospital. I sometimes… — Clara Barton Copy Share Image
We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Think of lab rats racing through a maze, when you watch the sub-intelligent, dual-panel 'dialogue' conducted on the teli. Each rat runs… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
I am a U.S. senator from North Carolina. I'm worried about doing the business on the Capitol Hill. I'm not going to… — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
ANYONE who studies the history of ideas should notice how much more often people on the political left, more so than others,… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction,… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I'm willin' for any solution - religious, political. I'm not going to keep offerin' to negotiate so much because they turn us… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
A commonplace of political rhetoric has it that the quality of a civilization may be measured by how it cares for its… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit of the people of the country… — William Randolph Hearst Copy Share Image
Sadly, far too many politicians in Washington lack the courage to do something to fix our problems. They are worried about the… — Matt Salmon Copy Share Image
[Running for President is] physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually the most demanding single undertaking I can envisage unless it's World War III — Walter F. Mondale Copy Share Image
November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world,… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
Global interconnectedness has led to the emergence of a new political power, that of consumers and their associations. It is good for… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Among minor alterations, I may mention the substitution for the name political economy of the single convenient term economics. I cannot help… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
Merlin is really at the forefront, in that regard. We get a glimpse into the dark, Machiavellian corridors of power. I like… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Beginning with the stimulus, Obama has repeatedly inserted the government into the free market for political reasons - and with disastrous results. — Reince Priebus Copy Share Image
Whatever the political injustices are that created an environment that brought this about, it was not Americans who flew those planes into… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
“In 2008, Barack Obama was the electoral equivalent of the Hula Hoop; a political Pet Rock; a craze, a fad, an irrational… — Mondo Frazier Copy Share Image
“A French lieutenant was asked by the commander of the French forces, “Jean, it seems to me that many people are only… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
I think that we have created a new kind of person in a way. We have created a child who will be… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
We have two political parties in this country; we cannot have one of them be abandoned to complete nutcases. We've got to… — Richard Painter Copy Share Image
I have sort of a visceral aversion to the prominence of the either active duty, in the case of General McMaster, or… — James R. Clapper Copy Share Image
I'm friends with Renny Harlan, who directed Die Hard 2, and I will say, I thought it was beautifully done. What I… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
I don't write political plays in the sense that I'm writing essays that are kind of disguised as plays. I would really… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
The last eight years have created a lot of deep-seated hostility. People take political decisions very personally, and today there is a… — Fred F. Fielding Copy Share Image