“Within this historic and optimistic future in mind, I have made no value judgment of the destiny bestowed on each nation. For… — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
“Although we had been warned by some of the greatest political thinkers of the nineteenth century, by Tocqueville and Lord Acton, that… — Friedrich Hayek Copy Share Image
The mischievous idea that all public needs should be satisfied by compulsory organization and that all the means that individuals are willing… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
During the fiscal year ending in 1861, expenses of the federal government had been $67 million. After the first year of armed… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
“The most important lesson is this: that for two generations America has been without a political vision of its destiny. There is… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
In these home affairs things I think occasionally it's the duty of politicians on both sides to turn round to the tabloids… — Kenneth Clarke Copy Share Image
We can't, nor should we try, to influence who our employees vote for, but facilitating their involvement in civic action is better… — Richard Edelman Copy Share Image
The heartbreak of runaway corruption, abuse of power and indefensible criminality by our government and media should, must inspire all good we-the-people… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
“In the elaborate con that is American electoral politics, the Republican voter has long been the easiest mark in the game, the… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
I am very worried about politicians who know that their countries are greatly benefiting financially and at the same time are saying… — Kersti Kaljulaid Copy Share Image
“After much reflection on the political and sociological aspects of the table, I have realized that I am completely uninterested in food.… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
One reads the truer deeper facts of Reconstruction with a great despair. It is at once so simple and human, and yet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I feel that there are two kinds of writers. I feel that there are writers who are storytellers and then there are… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
Authoritarianism and secrecy breed incompetence; the two feed on each other. It's a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what… — Josh Marshall Copy Share Image
The way to solve all the money in politics is not to pretend we can get money out of politics. That will… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Science is the only news. When you scan a news portal or magazine, all the human interest stuff is the same old… — Stewart Brand Copy Share Image
“I saw that he was going to marry her, for family, perhaps political reasons; because her rank and connexions suited him; I… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Even government by the consent of the governed, as in our own Constitution, must be limited in its power to act against… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
“At the time of my matriculation at Berlin political issues were in an uproar. One professor after another was attacking the Republic… — Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Copy Share Image
One-man-one-vote combined with "free entry" into government-democracy--implies that every person and his personal property comes within reach of-and is up for grabs… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
What is music in America? It's this stand-in for political action in a lot of senses. We have no democracy and we… — Ian Svenonius Copy Share Image
The only way out [of international dictatorship] is to place international law above governments, which means [...] that there must be a… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The idea of political content is irrelevant. Content is irrelevant. I always tell my students, "Never forget you're writing words! You know,… — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
But life cannot maintain itself alone. The Creator of life has entrusted us with the responsibility of preserving, developing, and perfecting it.… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
“Of course, the political history of the United States is exactly the reverse. It is in large measure the history of a… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
“When Steve Eisman stumbled into this new, rapidly growing industry of specialty finance, the mortgage bond was about to be put to… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Once the idea is accepted that money is something whose supply is determined simply by the printing press, it becomes impossible for… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils. It undermines the virtues necessary for the support of the social system,… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
“The Jihadist mindset and unfailing commitment is to replace every single national government in the world with a Muslim government, with Sharia… — John Price Copy Share Image
“It is not clear who will bring to the Whitehouse those useful commodities of vivid language, a sense of history and most… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, by their… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Funnily enough, Northern Ireland is a great example of where politics can win over conflict. The decision to down arms and follow… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton is like a lot of white politicians. They eat soul food, they party with black women, they play the saxophone,… — Sister Souljah Copy Share Image
“Whereas it appeareth that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others to protect individuals in the free exercise of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Afghanistan has always been sort of a fractured nation, very tribal, where the countryside and the distant provinces have been run by… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
“The idea that we should dismantle the core protections of our political system to erect a ubiquitous surveillance state for the sake… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
I was getting mad at the system or the politicians or the government, and then I realized someone should talk about this… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image