I was brought in by the White House as GM's chairman in 2009, around the time of the bankruptcy, and became CEO… — Edward Whitacre, Jr Copy Share Image
I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method. [Lat., Nam… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Diplomacy is, perhaps, one element of the U.S. government that should not be subject to the demands of 'open government'; whenever it… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
“The air, soil and water cumulatively degrade; the climates and oceans destabilize; species become extinct at a spasm rate across continents; pollution… — John McMurtry Copy Share Image
This independent report clearly indicates that while we may differ among ourselves in government about what to spend money on, we have… — Ruth Ann Minner Copy Share Image
My generation took on political equality. I believe young people, who have graduated into a poor economy, have an incentive to take… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Seen from a lower point of view, the Constitution, with all its faults, is very good; the law and the courts are… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
...to many a mother's heart has come the disappointment of a loss of power, a limitation of influence when early manhood takes… — Judith Ellen Foster Copy Share Image
There's an interesting question, whether the anarchists had alternatives [in Spain]. If they did tend to support the government that had been… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I was really super into science an not at all in to politics. I think it was a reaction against the fact… — Layla Moran Copy Share Image
I hate the unfairness of injustice. Anybody who thinks they are better than others or 'chosen' or feel they have an entitlement...… — Liam Cunningham Copy Share Image
It's that evil twin part of me that always comes out at the absolute wrong political moment, like a demon possessing my… — Peter Navarro Copy Share Image
“Political and economic considerations exert pressure on science to answer strictly practical, immediate problems––in some cases by directed funding, in other coercive… — Kane X. Faucher Copy Share Image
When I was small child, all that belonged to conservative society was fashionable, and no republicans were welcome in the smartersalons. People… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“bolstered southern power by scrapping the rule that had once counted an African American as only three-fifths of a person for electoral… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
It is always unconscionable for the government to punish people for expressing an idea merely because government officials - or the majority… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
On the one hand, the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
“What remains of the old Protestant fundamentalism is politics: abortion, gays, evolution. these issues are what binds congregations together. but even here… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
“That’s the difference between good military commanders and good politicians, John Geary. You’ve shown me that a good military commander spends the… — Jack Campbell Copy Share Image
It is the love of the people; it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep stake they… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
A lot of people are deeply dissatisfied by the diminishing control they have over their lives, because of the way our system… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
“…My present attitude toward politics as it is practiced in the United States: it is a beautiful fraud that has been imposed… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Though builders may build, in the main they follow the plans of architects. Teachers teach, but they must have a text. Politicians… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Neocons do not feel that kind of alarm or anxiety about the growth of the state in the past century, seeing it… — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
One of the greatest challenges of democracies today is the question of financing campaigns. It's a tremendous challenge. Obviously I think the… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“The political enemy need not be morally evil or aesthetically ugly; he need not appear as an economic competitor, and it may… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Infrastructure is one of the core responsibilities of government and one that cannot be shortchanged by other controversial spending. I believe investment… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
“One day at Fenner's (the university cricket ground at Cambridge), just before the last war, G. H. Hardy and I were talking… — C.P. Snow Copy Share Image
War is, in fact, an extension of politics, and in any war, military operations have to be conducted in such a way… — H. R. McMaster Copy Share Image
All politicians are going to mask to some degree in order to present themselves in away they think will get them votes.… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. I've been challenged by so many people, and I don't… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Engaging in a sycophantic way with any politician in the short term is tempting. It offers the lure of access and the… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
We have voluntarily agreed to let an invisible government sift the data and high-spot the outstanding issues so that our field of… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
I only became involved in politics when democracy returned to Bolivia. Then, unluckily in democracy, we ran into the inheritance of 20… — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share Image
Despite its potential, the federal government has restricted funding for creating new cell lines - putting the burden of any future research… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
The role of government has never been to plan every detail or dictate every outcome. At its best, government has simply knocked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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