If you start from a belief that the most knowledgeable person on earth does not have even one percent of the total… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“the confluence of racial prejudice and conservative politics is the new racism. It’s a product of almost a half-century of ethnic discourse… — Ian Haney López Copy Share Image
The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Whether it's Baidu or Chinese versions of YouTube or Sina or Sohu, Chinese Internet sites are getting daily directives from the government… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
“The effect of education on political attitudes is complicated, for democratic society. The self-professed aim of modern education is to "liberate" people… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
What we are seeing in Turkey is a non-uniformed authoritarian regime led by a politician, Tayyip Erdogan, who has allowed power to… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
“We’re loyal servants of the U.S. government. But Afghanistan involves fighting behind enemy lines. Never mind we were invited into a democratic… — Marcus Luttrell Copy Share Image
Each of us should take personal responsibility for our diet, and our children's diet, and the government's role should be to make… — Jim Talent Copy Share Image
As I watch government at all levels daily eat away at our freedom, I keep thinking how prosperity and government largesse have… — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
“Once the government can demand of a publisher the names of the purchasers of his publications, the free press as we know… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I have spent more than 20 years in prison, then on one night I decided to surrender by signing all the terms… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
In all the things I've gone through as a politician, I have seen that in this system it is really very difficult… — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Copy Share Image
I think that Obama's failure to reestablish the rule of law in money matters is the most damaging thing that he's done… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
Political change does not really lead to any fundamental change for most of the people, indeed because politics (even if it calls… — Nigel Gibson Copy Share Image
Climate change brings pressures that will influence resource competition between nations and place additional burdens on economies, societies and governance institutions around… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks-no form of government… — James Madison Copy Share Image
A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
People hired by government know who is their benefactor. People who lose their jobs or fail to get them because of the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I cannot accept this invitation [to celebrate the bicentenial of the Constitution], for I do not believe that the meaning of the… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
Accordingly, it is our task to ensure that the Government formulates policies that foster the continued development of the IT sector while… — Tim Holden Copy Share Image
Look, in any system, you want highly ethical people who really understand issues to form policies and make tough decisions. You need… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
You can give your Social Security check to any organization, public or private, or to individuals. You can donate it to your… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
Mr. Obama is proud of his belief that government knows best. When he told the world that individuals were not totally responsible… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that the most important division in human affairs is probably not the one between left and right, liberal and conservative.… — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
I'm not in favor of no government. You do need a government. But by doing so many things that the government has… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Unless the people can choose their leaders and rulers, and can revoke their choice at intervals long enough to test their measuresby… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I do suppose what any political satire, what any political joke can count as a gaffe or a possible career-ending move. It… — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
“quoting from Neil Kinnock, running against Thatcher in 1987: Why am I the first Kinnock in a thousand generations to be able… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
“So, ignorant we are. But we're not stupid. Indeed...remaining ignorant about politics and our government is a perfectly rational response to the… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The purpose of finance is to enable business to acquire the ownership of capital instruments before it has saved the funds to… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time working on declassified documents - and they do get declassified after decades - you look at… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I wouldn't join the International Criminal Court. This is a body based in The Hague where unaccountable judges, prosecutors, could pull our… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“For the same reason , the American government has invented a completely new juridical category , that of 'illegal enemy combatants'. In… — Tzvetan Todorov Copy Share Image
“If you ever think you might want a career in politics, Inspector, think again. It's merely a continuous and mostly vain attempt… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
What links Donald Trump, Viktor Orban, Andrej Babis, Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Marine Le Pen is one simple character trait: hypocrisy. These politicians… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
When you say politics, you conjure a whole bunch of associations: elections, campaigning, debates, fundraising. None of this exists in Russia! We… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
America has long raised political and cultural cognitive dissonance to an art form. We are capable of living with enormous inequality and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“In every dictatorship, fear is the key. Both for the government and the governed. Much of what the Nazis did, they tried… — Ryan Jenkins Copy Share Image