And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions a little at… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital principle of the body politic; as that which sustains its life and motion, and… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“A government that kills its own citizens is like a parent that kills their own kids aka filicide or like a mother… — Youns Hussein Copy Share Image
I am in politics. Here, it is not possible to know everyone around you. How can I take responsibility for all those… — Raj Thackeray Copy Share Image
Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to… — Herman Kahn Copy Share Image
If there is education, there will be everything in life. Government can make roads, hospitals and also construct school buildings. But your… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Every Palestinian family feels the effects of the international embargo. But the more the pressure on the government grows, the more support… — Ismail Haniyeh Copy Share Image
“Reformers believed moral and political relationships were learned in play. Given street-afforded license, kids would grow up bad. “If we let the… — Mike Wallace Copy Share Image
Instead of exporting what they perceived to be rational, modern, humane government to their colonies, the British often found themselves propping up… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Our people are willing to work with the government on new technologies. Now, it's a habit; every Estonian looks at it as… — Kersti Kaljulaid Copy Share Image
If you leave government life for greener private sector pastures, why on earth do you still need to peep into the nether… — Lisa Kennedy Montgomery Copy Share Image
I am not one of those who think that the people are never in the wrong. They have been so, frequently and… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
...if [the 9/11/01 attacks] had happened to the Russians, about three major cities in the Middle East would have been parking lots… — James Woods Copy Share Image
We're in the middle of the transformation of a society that has handled its politics through repression to a society that will… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Here's the thing about politics: It's not an expression of your moral purity and your ethics and your probity and your fond… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
I am baffled by many Western politicians who continually blame low-cost imported goods for their own economic challenges. — Dinesh Paliwal Copy Share Image
“The sanctification of political power by Christianity is blasphemy; it is the negation of Christianity.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to go into mainstream, Downing Street politics, though - it's just too cut-throat. I've got quite thin skin. — Ben Fogle Copy Share Image
That was the political reality of 1987: Saxophones made you cool. That's real! That really happened in our society! — Christopher Miller Copy Share Image
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
“I had no idea the day I watched President Obama at the dangerous Desoto Solar Farm that I was going to become… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
If I were in charge of the government, I would index the minimum wage to inflation, so that way, everybody knows what… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share Image
I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities. — Brian Mulroney Copy Share Image
I have been in the politics for the last 40 years. I became chief minister in 1995 and worked in the NDA… — N. Chandrababu Naidu Copy Share Image
You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to watch would be the Conservatives, who form… — Rick Mercer Copy Share Image
I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Hmm. Petty? Yes. Ineffectual? Yes. Infuriating and off-putting? Yes. Counterproductive? Yes. It's got to be a product of the French Foreign Ministry. — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
Addressing governance issues are important because whichever silo you work in, be it education, microfinance, sanitation, food or health, you would eventually… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
In Chile, they had penas, where the community would come together to sing and plan how they were going to overthrow the… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely,… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics,… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
I don't have courage in my convictions and I'm not interested in serious things or politics: if you're doing an hour of… — Alex Horne Copy Share Image
The priest persuades a humble people to endure their hard lot, a politician urges them to rebel against it, and a scientist… — Max Percy Copy Share Image
We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Westminster's hardly a billboard for people-centred politics. Given its makeup, the term 'Commons' is pretty ironic, too. — Caroline Lucas Copy Share Image
If you think Hollywood is depressing and corrupt, politics is really depressing and corrupt -- and fueled even more than Hollywood by… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image