A little group of willful men reflecting no opinion but their own have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless… — Woodrow T Wilson Copy Share Image
Of the many ways in which Donald J. Trump is disrupting American politics, one of the most compelling is his disregard for… — Anand Giridharadas Copy Share Image
As foreign minister of Norway, I learnt how natural changes provoked by climate change are creating new sources of political instability. — Jonas Gahr Store Copy Share Image
Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
“Tunnel vision is caused by an optic fungus that multiplies when the brain is less energetic than the ego. It is complicated… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I learned that not only am I a descendant of slaves, but that I am also a descendant of royalty, that there… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
Trump is bringing his business acumen to politics. That's something that politicians don't have: business acumen, many of them. And so they… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since… — Henry Knox Copy Share Image
For Conservatives, all disputes over law, liberty and justice are addressed to a historic and existing community. The root of politics, they… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Just every moment with Dick Cheney has been my favorite. Here's what I wonder about Dick Cheney, and the reason that maybe… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
“It is deliberate policy to keep even the favoured groups somewhere near the brink of hardship, because a general state of scarcity… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Pray a little more, work a little harder, save, wait, be patient and, most of all, live within our means. That's the… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
“A bit of ideology and being up to date is most apropos,” Chekhov said—tongue in cheek, I suspect. In a more serious… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
If the people are victorious against the government, the nation will be weak; if the government is victorious against the people, the… — Shang Yang Copy Share Image
“Our government officials have developed a troubling habit of expecting payment from citizens just to do their jobs. Jobs that they are… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
I don't profess to be a healer, a minister, a priest. I feel as an entertainer I can do more good for… — Liberace Copy Share Image
Politics is all about turning out the vote and targeting groups that are reliable. This consistently has been older voters who tend… — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand… — Anthony A. Williams Copy Share Image
The Soviet government sprouted and grew out of the habits, the psychology, and the condition of the Russian people. It fitted them.… — Lincoln Steffens Copy Share Image
Nothing rectifies out-of-control market failures like a healthy dose of government intervention and mountains of bureaucracy. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I mean, when you think about politics and advocacy in general, so much of it was born out of black church and… — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
I've always liked politicians and lawyers. They keep the PR professional's status at least two from the bottom of the ethical food… — Shel Israel Copy Share Image
There's no doubt we'd be very angry if the American president had come to the Knesset and argued against the government of… — Reuven Rivlin Copy Share Image
Companies that receive government information demands have to obey the law, but they often have room for maneuver. They scarcely ever use… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There's something inherently comic about the fact that politicians make things worse by worrying too much about something. — Armando Iannucci Copy Share Image
When any one person or body of men seize into their hands the power in the last resort, there is properly no… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The uneasy ghost of Marx must suffer the torments of the damned at the truth glaring from the pages of history that… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
Redford builds a riveting, resonant political thriller that values the complexity of its characters and the intelligence of its audience. — Peter Travers Copy Share Image
You should measure me by my actions, the friends I keep, and the charities I support, not by the politics of my… — Louise Linton Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a politician or a hero. I'm a messenger. If Cambodia is to survive, she needs many voices. — Dith Pran Copy Share Image
All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effiminated by position of nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To possess ourselves of a clear idea of what government is, or ought to be, we must trace it to its origin. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
It's not about me, again, this fight is not my fight, it's not the fight of the government ; it's the fight… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that it was the Whig gospel for a… — Frederick Pollock Copy Share Image
I still lie awake at night thinking about everything that could have been, that wasn't done to stop 9/11. To the 9/11… — George Tenet Copy Share Image
I don't get into politics. I know [Donald] Trump, but I don't follow that. That's just an aside for him when he… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Increased spending, growing government debt and overreaching regulations are stifling job creation and economic growth. — Joe Craft Copy Share Image
The fact that the federal government is the nation's greatest environmental villain has not stopped activists from reflexively turning to politicians to… — David Bergland Copy Share Image