Nobody's going to vote for terrorism. So our governments don't have that sort of political pressure to act in a responsible manner… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and for thepurpose of making mana political animal she has endowed him alone… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Most people who serve in Washington have been trained either as lawyers or as political operatives--professions that tend to place a premium… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For Turkey, they think that if the Muslim Brotherhood take over the rest of the region, they will be very comfortable, they… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The shortcoming of purely political discourse between Christians and Jews arises from the fact that it is largely built upon the perception… — David Novak Copy Share Image
In a world of increasing interdependence, energy security will depend much on how countries manage their relations with one another. That is… — Daniel Yergin Copy Share Image
Civility is not not saying negative or harsh things. It is not the absence of critical analysis. It is the manner in… — Richard Dreyfuss Copy Share Image
There was really interesting work going on, for example, in the Mississippi bayou, where there were some really exemplary health centers that… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
Lenelle Moïse's poems render the abstract - policy, disaster, history, diaspora - specific. Her words make the political not just personal, but… — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
The constitutional right of free expression... is designed and intended to remove governmental restraints from the arena of public discussion, putting the… — John Marshall Harlan II Copy Share Image
These little books I write, such as The End of Freedom, about the post-9/11 political climate in the United States, sell in… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Chimerical and empty being, your name alone has caused more blood to flow on the face of the earth than any political… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
During the '80s, those you would call the young philosophers of France, such as Bernard-Henri Lévy and [André ] Gluxman, pointed out… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily believe there's a message in the fact that I'm an African-American Republican. I think there is a message that… — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
There are a lot of problems in the world, a lot of tragic things that have to be addressed, economic, medical, political,… — Dean Stockwell Copy Share Image
I take my profession as an economist seriously and feel a commitment to the truth. This is incompatible with having to toe… — Hans-Werner Sinn Copy Share Image
I was a little-known political consultant until Bill Clinton made me. When he came upon hard times, I felt it my duty… — James Carville Copy Share Image
I believe that politics is a matter of person. Specifically in the Fifth French Republic. In a healthy political system, a political… — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
There's a difference between an outburst of spontaneous anger, which doesn't have a political objective, and a more measured response that we… — David Harvey Copy Share Image
My mother told me if I work hard and I really believed in American principles and I believed in God, anything is… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
I think the political reality for the Democratic Party is, you know, there are two sides. There's one side saying that we… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
As I, as a worker, came to know them, the aims of German trade unions were political, and there were a number… — Fritz Sauckel Copy Share Image
Money power cannot be separated from democratic power without miscarriage and ensuing frustration - political and economic. Democracy implies the sovereignty of… — E.C. Riegel Copy Share Image
I never participated in far-reaching political decisions, since I never belonged to the circle of the closest associates of Adolf Hitler, neither… — Hans Frank Copy Share Image
In the United States, if a political character attacks a sect, this may not prevent even the partisans of that very sect,… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
So what if I don't agree with the Democrats? What's to disagree with? They believe everything. And what they don't believe, the… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Perhaps sometimes we have self-serving sense that we often experience when we believe we know better than our boss, our teacher, our… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
I floundered in my twenties. Though I wore a long scarf. And when I got to be thirty I got a job… — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
“It is too easy to call the church political. The nature of fallen people is political. And they happen to make up… — Mea McMahon Copy Share Image
As my father-in-law once said, when they talk about taxes it's always for teachers, firemen, and police - but when they spend… — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
There is a diversity of thought and philosophy, diversity of languages and dialects, diversity of political spectrum, and there's a diversity of… — John Liu Copy Share Image
There are domains in which expertise is not possible. Stock picking is a good example. And in long-term political strategic forecasting, it's… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Sometimes we overemphasize the political system. There are other ways to make a difference. There's technology, there's media, there's business. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Voting is not an act of political freedom. It is an act of political conformity. Those who refuse to vote are not… — Wendy McElroy Copy Share Image
I want you to know that farmers are not going to be secondary thoughts to a Bush administration. They will be in… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image