When the concept of Social Security came before the House, every Republican but one voted against it. Had it not been for… — Sam Rayburn Copy Share Image
Margaret Thatcher in Britain and soon after Ronald Reagan in the United States - both hard-line advocates of market fundamentalism - announced… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Has the great art and mystery of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to be unqualifiedly ratty, raffish, sordid, obscene and… — Henry Louis Mencken Copy Share Image
When I meet a historian who cannot think that there have been great men, great men moreover in politics, I feel myself… — Geoffrey Elton Copy Share Image
We adults protect ourselves with laws, police, workplace regulations and social norms and there is no conceivable reason why children should be… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The sooner the world solves its economic problems, the sooner its inhabitants can afford leisure and peace and get on with the… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
“If you make others think, you will be feared. If you disagree with them, you will be disliked. If you condemn them,… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
In the present state of human society, however, We deem it advisable that the wage-contract should, when possible, be modified somewhat by… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government?s responsibility because the… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
This might explain why Obama gave billions to Wall Street crooks, and dragged the Iraq and Afghan wars on and on. Happily… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Now, as I understand it, the bards were feared. They were respected, but more than that they were feared. If you were… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors.… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
The political superstition is still holding sway over the hearts and minds of the masses, but the true lovers of liberty will… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt learned when he tried to pack the Supreme Court, the three branches of government are coequal for… — Dan Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
The overflow of big money in politics drowns out the voices of everyday people. That is part of the conundrum in America:… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if you have enough blindness left in you,… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
The Church must take right ground in regard to politics... Politics are a part of a religion in such a country as… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
So I do think sometimes the political mechanism is completely disconnected from the people. However, what I will say is that history… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Politics is about power. It is about the power of the state. It is about the power of the state as applied… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
Observe, in politics, that the term extremism has become a synonym of "evil," regardless of the content of the issue (the evil… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I always say 300 is a sci-fi movie as much as anything. It's like that could be another planet. It doesn't have… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
When John Kennedy attempted to take the government back from the back from the robber barons, he was brutally murdered. The message… — Alex Jones Copy Share Image
... I must say this concerning the great controversy over rifles and shotguns. The only thing I've ever said is that in… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“The path to a sustained victory in Afghanistan lies in improving their economy, creating jobs for the Afghanis, strengthening their government and… — Michael DeLong Copy Share Image
“All agree that, the first responsibility for the alleviation of poverty and distress and for the care of the victims of the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The government's desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn't give away too much. We must tell our elected… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
I have found that good taste, oddly enough, plays an important role in politics. Why is it like that? The most probable… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
In Harlem, for instance, all of the stores are owned by white people, all of the buildings are owned by white people.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
In the Pentagon Papers case, the government asserted in the Supreme Court that the publication of the material was a threat to… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
“To address concerns about how the cellular networks were overloaded during the 9/11 attacks, the government quietly launched the Wireless Priority Service… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
[My son] Casey died for a country which cares more about who will be the next American Idol than how many people… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
Government money only pays for the "liberties" the government thinks you should have, and therefore it can determine how you exercise them.… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
Every great Labour government has been elected with a compelling national story about the condition of Britain and how they intended to… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
“emancipatory politics must always destroy the appearance of a ‘natural order’, must reveal what is presented as necessary and inevitable to be… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Using the word ‘political’ in the widest possible sense. Desire to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other peoples’… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
If capital produces most of the economy's wealth and income is distributed on the basis of productive input, the individual can hardly… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
Governments decide they know best and they're going to tell you what to do. The trouble is that education doesn't go on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image