But government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as men understand… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We are seeing entertainment become politics and we're seeing people acting out in ways that are extremely violent and destabilizing. No rules… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a… — Lorne Bloch Copy Share Image
Government is the thing. Law is the thing. Not brotherhood, not international cooperation, not security councils that can stop war only by… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through. — John Gunther Copy Share Image
Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-postsfor support rather than illumination. — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
In the general economy, you get government involved in making market decisions - first of all, they're going to get it wrong.… — Ron Johnson Copy Share Image
“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works” — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
By the end of the documentary [ '13th'], you really understand what prison is, what the prison industrial complex is, where this… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
My view is instead of political discussions, persuasions, which dominate democracy, in our country we have taken our democracy to the other… — Jacob Zuma Copy Share Image
Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I was asked to speak about Canadian politics. It may not be true, but it's legendary that if you're like all Americans,… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
“A deep-seated ambivalence has always characterized the official response to the political prisoner. Charged and tried for the criminal act, his guilt… — Joy James Copy Share Image
Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
The carping and bickering of political factions in the nation's capital reminds me of two pelicans quarreling over a dead fish. — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
People get anxious about dividing sorts of poetry, say Confessionalism from political poetry. But Confessionalism is very much an expression of racial… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
It's not healthy for a society if the people hate their own government. — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
My politics were really radical when I was younger, and then I moderated like everyone else does when they start having kids. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
“Until one nation ceases its attempts to dominate another, there will never be true freedom. Until one religion relinquishes its quest to… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
One of the more pretentious political self-descriptions is 'Libertarian.' People think it puts them above the fray. It sounds fashionable, and to… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I'm just am amazed that he seems to think the Iraqi government and our allies and everybody else launched the attack on… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Obama's coalition would have consigned him to the political margins as little as 12 years ago, but the nation's demographic changes are… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
“United Nations needs reform to connect with world community beyond the boundary of high-level bureaucrats and politicians through cyberspace and other means… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us. we ought, for so dear a stake, to sacrifice every… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image