We have to think in a very different sense than the way we think now. We think in terms of quick fixes,… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
“I’ll use this book as an example. Because I am writing a book that attacks the nonsensical commentaries of our current moral… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
We do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan. We see no military - we seek no military bases there. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“federal government is the third largest user of the polygraph test to detect lying. In 1982 22,597 tests were reported by various… — Paul Ekman Copy Share Image
“We have permitted cynical political reactionaries and the spokesmen of large corporations to pre-empt these basic libertarian American ideals. We have permitted… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
There was a hole in Washington fiction, I felt, when I started out. Most D.C. novels were about politics or the federal… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
And say, finally, whether peace is best preserved by giving energy to the government or information to the people. This last is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Vicharvanu ae chhe ke je nagarikdharmana kanuno ghade chhe, na to aatli adalati thothabaji pachhi aemana ghana khara nagarik banya chhe, na… — Jay Vasavada Copy Share Image
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“There are schools of thought and political movements that seek to purge human culture of imperialism, leaving behind what they claim is… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Capitalism had arisen through the misuse and exaggeration of certain rights, notably the right of property - the basis of economic freedom… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
With a nonviolent movement we are still inviting a strong reaction from the government or ruling authorities. We are inviting a powerful… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
“The White House is a character crucible," according to Bertram S. Brown, M.D., a psychiatrist who formerly headed the National Institute of… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
Like an armed warrior, like a plumed knight, James G. Blaine marched down the halls of the American Congress and threw his… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The real causes of terrorism are not poverty and oppression per se, but rather the bankruptcy of materialist ideologies, like Neo-Conservatism, which… — Robert Dickson Crane Copy Share Image
“There are matters in that book, said to be done by the express command of God, that are as shocking to humanity,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The Democrats are going to change the name of the Hoover Dam. That is the silliest thing I ever heard of in… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“A pastor, a politician, and a brick walk into a bar, and the bartender says, “Sorry, we don’t serve rigid nonthinkers here.”… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
People power must be combined with good governance to bring about real, deep and lasting change. This combination can achieve almost everything… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
I think, under President Obama, who was a really bright guy - I didn't agree with a lot of his politics -… — John Kennedy Copy Share Image
Political [or individual] rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but only when… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
[T]he 47th proposition in Euclid might now be voted down with as much ease as any proposition in politics; and therefore if… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
The increasing remoteness of consanguinity is everyday diminishing the force of the family compact between France and Spain. And politicians have ever… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
People of my generation knew we needed to move beyond that, the racial division and segregation and unsustainable social relations, that were… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
What people don't seem to ever understand is that any infrastructure that exists under your regime, in your current government, will be… — Ted Rall Copy Share Image
It used to be thought that the events that changed the world were things like big bombs, maniac politicians, huge earthquakes, or… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think politics is a higher build in life. You know? If you diffuse under normal, common sense of a story, you… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
Democracy is a form of government that cannot long survive, for as soon as the people learn that they have a voice… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
The healthcare bill not only is a monstrosity in terms of growing the government and cutting out the private sector, the way… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
A government can be compared to our lungs. Our lungs are best when we don't realize they are helping us breathe. It… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The most important quote about poetry and politics that I know is from a different situationist, Guy Debord. He was locked in… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
I used to wonder if the occasionally rough edges of politics were unique here under the Great North Star. But I ventured… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
The worst criminals of our time are the US and UK governments. Both are devoid of all integrity, all honor, all mercy,… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
And I don't think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a minister does, maybe… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
“It is the question that is also asked by modern political theory: Can politics accept truth as a structural category? Or must… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
For me, the anarchy movement is hilarious. It's all under .org, which is of course government sponsored websites, and then they're all… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
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