I was a political journalist for a long time. I wrote a book about Putin. I made all kinds of trouble. — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Opinion is not aggression and political correctness is totalitarianism masquerading as liberty” — U.V. Ray Copy Share Image
Ours is a fully democratic government, which in our language we call a people's government. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
I'm very politically active, but that has nothing to do with my charity. — Bernard Marcus Copy Share Image
I did not forsee a day where the government had to intervene to bail out basically everybody. — Kenneth C. Griffin Copy Share Image
Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system. — Imran Khan Copy Share Image
Opening acts are hard, really hard. There's more politics involved than music, sometimes. — Kaki King Copy Share Image
After I finished my first draft of 'Salvage the Bones,' I felt that I wasn't political enough. I had to be more… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I don't know enough about politics to act like I know anything that's going on or what anybody's standing for policy-wise. — Jelly Roll Copy Share Image
“Howie was a senior government comms professional. An ability to be economical with the truth was an essential requirement for the job.” — Paul Mathews Copy Share Image
[On Brazil:] In our country everything is weakening. The money is weak. Democracy is weak and the politicians are very weak. Everything… — Carolina Maria de Jesus Copy Share Image
I do not believe in democracy, but I am perfectly willing to admit that it provides the only really amusing form of… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The spirit of sacrifice and selflessness of the defence forces is an inspiration for all Indians. Strong armed forces are necessary for… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
It seems very unfortunate that in order to secure political preference, people are made Vice President who are never intended, neither by… — Omar N. Bradley Copy Share Image
I don't really read what people write about me. Someone gives my novel one star; are they a troll? Are they someone… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands, partly because of competition among the capitalists, and partly because technological development and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
We give Supreme Court justices this freedom because we expect them to remain above the pull of politics, to avoid the effects… — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
“Free speech is the antidote to tyranny, a powerful force that dismantles the walls of oppression and allows the sunlight of scrutiny… — James William Steven Parker Copy Share Image
Politicians and bureaucrats are the new upper class in Norway. It is an upper class that is growing by an increasing number… — Carl I. Hagen Copy Share Image
“Ideally, a fair and equitable society would regulate debt in line with the ability to be paid without pushing economies into depression.… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
We're not seeing, you know, dozens of reporters being beaten up. And there may be more attention to it than there has… — Tom Rosenstiel Copy Share Image
“Present-day democratic structures just cannot collect and process the relevant data fast enough, and most voters don’t understand biology and cybernetics well… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
My friends were dropping like flies, and the government wasn't doing anything. You don't watch an entire generation take water hoses and… — Jenifer Lewis Copy Share Image
Musicians have been political literally since people were writing songs. — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
You mustn't judge a politician by talk. You have to judge them by performance. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The use of data for political purposes wasn't invented by Cambridge Analytica. — Brittany Kaiser Copy Share Image
Large government is inevitably inefficient, but so, too, is large private enterprise. — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness. — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has had political success positioning himself as a 'law-and-order' candidate. — Kristen Soltis Anderson Copy Share Image
This is global governance in the making. But we must agree, and agree to a binding commitment. — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I probably carry more scar tissue on my derrière than any other candidate-that's political scar tissue. — Alexander Haig Copy Share Image
“That of all the 'oracies (aristocracy and democracy included) hypocrisy is the most flourishing.” — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption. — Mario Monti Copy Share Image