Financial regulation is the next item on the political horizon, and it doesn't have to be the deathly dull wonk-battle that it… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Financial capacity and political perspicacity are inversely correlated. Long-run salvation by men of business has never been highly regarded if it means… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Nature knows no political boundaries. She puts living creatures on this globe and watches the free play of forces. She then confers… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case,… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
Social Security is inherently unsound for the simple reason that it's a political program run by politicians for political purposes...Social Security operates… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Whose are the truly labored sentences? From the weak and flimsy periods of the politician and literary man, we are glad to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
People question me all the time about my experience. They question my experience in politics, and the first thing I always tell… — Jon Runyan Copy Share Image
Hold on to your wallets folks because with the passage of this trillion-dollar baby, the Democrats will be poised to spend as… — Christopher Bond Copy Share Image
“Governments, whether they are monarchical, constitutional, democratic or communist, depend upon acquiescent public opinion for the success of their efforts and, in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The point is, is that when you elect a politician, it has nothing to do with their personality. Politicians perform a function,… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
“The earliest use of writing was strictly commercial and economic, not political or bureaucratic. It was trade, entrepreneurship, and stewardship of private… — Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski Copy Share Image
The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
“I believe in political equality. But there are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I mean, what's the elections? You know, two guys, same background, wealth, political influence, went to the same elite university, joined the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The people are the source of governmental power. Along with many religious people, Latter-day Saints affirm that God gave the power to… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government… — George Mason Copy Share Image
I stared at her in amazement. "How do you even live with yourself?"..."You're willing to sell children to a foreign government so… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
The Olympics are coming... and it's a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
It will be, I suppose, a foolhardy Government that tries to push through legislation making knowledge of both official languages one of… — Judy LaMarsh Copy Share Image
I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
We are with Angela Merkel both people who proceed methodically, we love details. At summits, we two are among the few heads… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
I shall oppose all slavery extension and all increase of slave representation in all places, at all times, under all circumstances, even… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
I went into the foreign service because I was interested in politics. But, in 1991, when I joined, I didn't see much… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
There is no logical basis for the prohibition of marijuana. $7.7 billion is a lot of money, but that is one of… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“The Soviets were worried that the Americans would attack their "sparkling new Mir space station, ... in a space shuttle, throw out… — James Mahaffey Copy Share Image
“Every dollar they saved was worth less with every financial crisis, while the government just printed more money to preserve the stock… — Kenneth Eade Copy Share Image
Mr. Jefferson has reason to reflect upon himself. How he will get rid of his remorse in his retirement, I know not.… — John Adams Copy Share Image
In the war on drugs, state and state law enforcement agencies have been rewarded in cash by the federal government - through… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I understand we all have our differences. But while learning about history I've read about white people coming together, Jews coming together,… — Jonathan Anthony Burkett Copy Share Image
One of the biggest reasons for higher medical costs is that somebody else is paying those costs, whether an insurance company or… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“When people become more reliant on multinational corporations than on their own communities, they surrendered whatever say they had in their government.… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
Foreign languages, I think they are important but I don't think it should be required because-actually I think they should be teaching… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments,… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
In addition to removing our democratically elected government, Israel wants to sow dissent among Palestinians by claiming that there is a serious… — Ismail Haniyeh Copy Share Image
I see good ideas on the Republican side as well as the Democratic side. You have to return civility and statesmanship to… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
In the political environment that exists today, the opposition research of the Obama campaign is looking for anything they can use to… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
In fact, blockchain has the potential to fundamentally change how we share information, buy and sell things, interact with government, prove our… — Julie Sweet Copy Share Image
Thirdly, the supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property without his own consent: for the preservation of… — John Locke Copy Share Image
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