When I deliver the message to a cross section of Rhode Island that democracy is broken because special interests have relentless power… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
I guess politicians can be excused for thinking the electorate is stupid because they keep winning reelection. If you were Barbara Boxer… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
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This was Barrington Erle, a politician of long standing, who was still looked upon by many as a young man, because he… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Lift the curtain and 'the State' reveals itself as a little group of fallible men in Whitehall, making guesses about the future,… — Enoch Powell Copy Share Image
From where many of us in the U.K. sit, American politics is hopelessly polarized. All kinds of issues get bundled up into… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately,… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
The best tribute we can pay Madiba is to ensure that our political debate focuses on issues of how best we can… — Helen Zille Copy Share Image
[Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964], many governments in southern states forced people to segregate by race. Civil rights advocates fought… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
You have ceded the concept of your own rights. You've converted them into something you get as a revocable privilege from the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I always felt different because I didn't pick one specific clique or group to be a part of, and I didn't choose… — Cassadee Pope Copy Share Image
“Once again the Scriptures are a lodestar, a benchmark, the plumb line steadies us and steers us clear of what is happening… — Megan McKenna Copy Share Image
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How do we address network neutrality when the whole world is connected? How do we ensure governments don't purloin this for political… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
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I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We see all around the world where women's rights are denied, where governments don't believe in educating their girls. There are 800… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
Never upstage a man. Don't top his joke, even if you have to bite your tongue to keep from doing it. Never… — Arlene Dahl Copy Share Image
I never much cared for politics. I love policy, and I love international policy in particular. I got to be Secretary of… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
A common criticism of establishment journalists entails comparing them to stenographers, on the ground that most of them do little more than… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Any large extension of the Government into business affairs - no matter what the pretense and no matter how the the extension… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, Maybe I could understand some of these illegal injunctions. ...… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“You see, the one thing the government and a lot of voters don't seem to understand is that you can't turn a… — Aaron Goldfarb Copy Share Image
“On top of this was the official indigenous Egyptian government that, though it was quite toothless, various British officials periodically felt the… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
Rush Limbaugh has answered - it's the rich liberals who own the banks and run the government, and of course run the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I am not the representative of guerrilla in this hemisphere. I would say that the representative would be Fidel Castro which was… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
Those things which now most engage the attention of men, as politics and the daily routine, are, it is true, vital functions… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I do have people who are like, "Yo, I think someone hacked into your Twitter account to talk about census forms." I'm… — Rosario Dawson Copy Share Image
Every good citizen should be willing to devote a brief time during some one day in the year, when necessary, to the… — Cordell Hull Copy Share Image
I suppose people also have to be a little more careful or circumspect if they're going to leverage their celebrity to promote… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
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Society really seems to have developed an unquestioning obedience towards spooky types… Did we get to where we are today via a… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“To appeal to the emotions of the public in a political campaign is sound-in fact it is an indispensable part of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not an expert on the Middle East or terrorism or the use of military force or politics. It's all I can… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
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“Donald Trump didn’t invent sexism, and its impact on our politics goes far beyond this one election. It’s like a planet that… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
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“Rich Indians typically tried to work around a dysfunctional government. Private security was hired, city water was filtered, private school tuitions were… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
In Tunisia, the so-called Yasmin revolution has led to the installation of a relatively moderate Islamic government. Whether or not that means… — Martin Van Creveld Copy Share Image