I tell people view the federal government as a source of entertainment. It's a lot easier. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Perhaps the only institution more puffed-up and self-important than academia is government. — Neil Steinberg Copy Share Image
The Union government can do a lot more for poor states like Orissa. — Naveen Patnaik Copy Share Image
“That’s what you people do, isn’t it? Make assumptions and sell them to impressionable idiots.” — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I cherish the accomplishments of Margaret Thatcher and will always count her as one of my role models. — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
Angela Merkel and the CDU are not our political adversaries. The CDU and the CSU are sister parties. — Horst Seehofer Copy Share Image
“Thomas Hobbes's politics are fitted only to promote tyranny, and his ethics to encourage licentiousness.” — David Hume Copy Share Image
Party politics must be transcended to resolve pressing issues like agrarian matters or other similar issues. — Sharad Pawar Copy Share Image
Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they… — Jean-Claude Duvalier Copy Share Image
What 'eminent domain' laws mean in practice is that politicians have a right to seize your property and turn it over to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
No idea holds greater sway in the minds of educated Americans that the belief that it is possible to democratize governments anytime… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
Scientific discovery requires sustained funding for decades, and politicians can destroy it in a single budget cycle. — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
For liberals in particular, the idea that government is only hypocrisy and dysfunction is self-defeating and nihilistic. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“In all times and in all places, whatever may be the name that the government takes, whatever has been its origin, or… — Errico Malatesta Copy Share Image
We have a wider political and economic system in which ancient, landed power still carries immense weight. There is nothing some landowners… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
“There’s a lot of dirty theology out there, the religious counterpart to dirty politics and dirty business, I suppose. You might call… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“Humans are capable of so much more. Power mongers like you have stripped away what is most valuable to us, the importance… — Aaron B. Powell Copy Share Image
I think the basis - the foundation - has already been laid for a society where people will work together and enjoy… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern… — Olusegun Obasanjo Copy Share Image
[The] government has room to scale back individual rights during wartime without violating the Constitution. The Constitution just sets minimums. Most of… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule. — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
I have no desire to enter politics. Because I am not suited for that. — N. R. Narayana Murthy Copy Share Image
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The only way to get money out of politics is to get politics out of money-making. — Richard Salsman Copy Share Image
Those government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
When it comes to political engagement, I'm not a politician - I'm an engineer. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A well balanced, inclusive approach, is essential for the proper government of any country. — Laisenia Qarase Copy Share Image
When it becomes dominated by a collectivist creed, democracy will inevitably destroy itself. — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
My father had no influence on my political beliefs, and to imply otherwise is wrong and irresponsible. — M.I.A Copy Share Image
When it comes to drinking water, there is no room for political posturing or hollow solutions. — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who conduct it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image