To the ordinary guy, all this is a bunch of gobbledygook. But out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing: you… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
"Free markets" is a very general term. There are all sorts of problems that will emerge. Free markets work best when the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“A preoccupation with power - black power, student power, flower power, poor power, 'the power structure' - is the striking aspect of… — Carey McWilliams Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for ways to explore the politics of the everyday. For me, the proverbs were a way of bringing in… — Cherien Dabis Copy Share Image
Russian government was in contact with multiple [Donald] Trump campaign sources while they were doing [attacks]. Russian nemesis in the American government,… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
“...her gaze settling on Bush International Airport. What is it with politicians anyway, always rushing to put their name on everything? She… — D.B. Reynolds Copy Share Image
Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative,… — John Major Copy Share Image
It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at -… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
I feel like I understand Trump's character better than the average person now, having seen all of these little interactions with charity.… — David Fahrenthold Copy Share Image
The claim that the Government made that there were 21 measures in it is wrong. We said we wanted to wait till… — Tony Burke Copy Share Image
“Our aim is not to do away with corporations; on the contrary, these big aggregations are an inevitable development of modern industrialism,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Providing financial incentives for both local communities and national governments to conserve and restore forests also makes sense. It will put an… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Modern Democrats aren't the first political party to abuse power - far from it. Obama isn'€™t the first president to abuse executive… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
Trump is a partner for us who cannot be easily categorized. Putting it in the noblest way possible, his understanding of politics… — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
“Bush invited his constituency to be blind to the world's real problems, and leftists often do the opposite, gazing so fixedly at… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Why, how can you ask such a question? You are a republican." A republican! Yes; but that word specifies nothing. Res publica;… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
Marco [Rubio] is a gifted politician. He is incredibly gifted. And he needs to be able to do his job. He's going… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
“To govern a society shared by people of emotion, people of reason, and everybody in between—as well as people who think their… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It has always been a source of serious reflection and sincere regret with me that the youth of the United States should… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Things have changed in Latin America now. We mostly have democratic governments in Latin America, so the position of the writer has… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
“Democratic and aristocratic states are not in their own nature free. Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments; and… — Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Political change and academic change and intellectual change are obviously crucial, but they don't necessarily change society. They can change a particular… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Of all the numerous forms that governments have taken over the centuries, of all the concepts and institutions that have been tried,… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Muslims have their own traditions. The important point to bear in mind is that the whole Muslim tradition is totally and unequivocally… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
It is not in the outward and visible world of material life that the Celtic genius of Wales or Ireland can at… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“Please search among your staffs and find me an expert on Russia. Find me someone who speaks the language, who is up-to-date… — Lee Mandel Copy Share Image
We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Thank you to the readers of the 'Huffington Post' for voting me the 'Hottest Freshman' of the 111th Congress. It's about time… — Aaron Schock Copy Share Image
Here then is the origin and rise of government; namely, a mode rendered necessary by the inability of moral virtue to govern… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“It is not in the power of governments to increase the supply of one commodity without a corresponding restriction in the supply… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Many sportsmen, like myself and my team-mates, artists, and musicians all have unique chances and responsibilities to make themselves heard. We have… — Kevin-Prince Boateng Copy Share Image
“above all, Locke’s transforming idea that government was established and maintained by the consent of the governed, in which all men had… — James MacGregor Burns Copy Share Image
“But whoever seriously considers the immense extent of territory comprehended within the limits of the United States, together with the variety of… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
Well, my contention is that the political system of this country is so designed criminally to prevent this, that if the black… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
But the most deplorable effect of all, is that diminution of attachment and reverence, which steals into the hearts of the people,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
While the government underwrote the West more than any other region, the myth claimed that hardworking Western cowboys and settlers wanted nothing… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
“while public spending more than doubled under the financially incontinent Gordon Brown and Ed Balls from £322bn to over £700bn, the number… — David Craig Copy Share Image