I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“By itself, partyism is not the most serious threat to democratic self-government. But if it decreases government’s ability to solve serious problems,… — Cass R. Sunstein Copy Share Image
If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A part of eugenic politics would finally land us in an extensive use of the lethal chamber. A great many people would… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In every generation and in every intellectual sphere and in every political moment, there have been African American women who have articulated… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
“A year ago, I was at a dinner in Amsterdam when the question came up of whether each of us loved his… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
“The future science of government should be called 'la cybernétique' (1843) { Coining the French word to mean 'the art of governing,'… — Andre-Marie Ampere Copy Share Image
Folks, the most insidious part of this whole health care scheme is that all of these vast medical expenditures will become nothing… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I think it's one thing to be part of a very important group called the Senate of the United States and cast… — Tom Ridge Copy Share Image
“Like I told you, I’m not interested. I think the party is mostly a means of advancing one’s career anyway.” “Exactly, and… — Maureen F. McHugh Copy Share Image
Politicians step up and say, "This is what were going to do: we're going to set aside 450 million dollars for a… — Mr. Lif Copy Share Image
“Here follows the substance of what I said, written out entirely for your benefit. Pay attention to it, or you will be… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
The sad reality is that all the well-meaning groups and individuals who challenge our permanent war economy and the doctrine of preemptive… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“One of the juiciest pleasures of life is to be able to salute and embrace, as elected leaders and honored representatives, people… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Religion and religion alone is the life of India, and when that goes India will die, in spite of politics, in spite… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Framers of the First Amendment were not concerned with preventing government from abridging their freedom to speak about crops and cockfighting,… — George Will Copy Share Image
“when your actions towards acquiring leadership in any country portrays blatant mischief orchestrated towards disregarding the concepts of the constitution, you do… — Akuku Mach Pep Copy Share Image
“I must study politics and war," wrote John Adams, "that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics, and philosophy, geography,… — Charles Krauthammertha Copy Share Image
I really think more fledgling novelists - and many current and even established novelists - should get out into the real world… — C. J. Box Copy Share Image
The idea that Americans favor politicians who either remind them of themselves or can imagine what their selves are like because they… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
The federal government's done a very good job about tying goodies to our compliance with federal programs, whether it's the Department of… — Matthew Whitaker Copy Share Image
The single-payer Medicare for All proposal is not only bad policy, but it's bad politics. It's bad politics for a very simple… — John Delaney Copy Share Image
“Government surveillance is an egregious violation of personal autonomy, leaving in its wake not only legal ramifications but a trail of emotional… — James William Steven Parker Copy Share Image
We need sound political and economic relations with the United Kingdom, and I am very grateful to the European Union's lead negotiator,… — Sebastian Kurz Copy Share Image
It is the lawyers who run our civilization for us -- our governments, our business, our private lives. Most legislators are lawyers;… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
“The second antihistorical way of considering the past is the politics of eternity. Like the politics of inevitability, the politics of eternity… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
Maybe its time for politicians to fight back a little bit in terms of this notion that politicians are all in it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
If a dictator takes up my ideas, the resulting town will survive the political system that commissioned it and stand as a… — Leon Krier Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the modern arguments about the necessities and virtues of government control over the individual are but malign echoes of utopian prescriptions… — Mark R. Levin Copy Share Image
Sometimes, companies are better placed than politicians and governments to make change happen. That doesn't mean that they should not be held… — Taavet Hinrikus Copy Share Image
“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Though politicians and media eminences are too frightened to say so, nonmarital births are problematic. On just about any measure of development… — Charles Murray Copy Share Image
I would like to believe I would not have behaved differently had I not made a term limits pledge, but my own… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
The government hates rap. That's why they don't arrest anybody that kills rappers! Only the good ones are dead, man! Only the… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
When you stop and look at so much of the kind of activism that has been triggered, the Tea Party and the… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breaking out of something… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
I have never voted. Like most people I am utterly disenchanted by politics. Like most people I regard politicians as frauds and… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
