It should surprise no one that I'm out arguing for small government, reduced spending and getting our financial house in order, along… — Mike Pompeo Copy Share Image
Seoul will co-operate with the national government so that the 2032 Summer Olympics become something more than a sports festival - an… — Park Won-soon Copy Share Image
“The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“I would say exploit the stupid, because they’re expendable and loyal, but it’s a fact: politicians are not loyal.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Institutions may crumble and governments fall, but it is only that they may renew a better youth, and mount upwards like the… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
In an age of political correctness, even the most apparent gender assertions are dismissed as ignorance. — Sean Evans Copy Share Image
Long ago life was clean, sex was bad and obscene, and the rich were so mean. Stately homes for the Lords, croquet… — Ray Davies Copy Share Image
When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That's dangerous… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
“In fact, after living in Communist China for so many years, I realized that one of the advantages enjoyed by a democratic… — Nien Cheng Copy Share Image
“The result of these trends is that today the courts, unrestrained by higher law and disdainful of majority will, are the dominant… — Charles W. Colson Copy Share Image
There must appear a spiritual and moral leadership rising above economic and political situations. Governments in both their domestic and foreign policies… — John Haynes Holmes Copy Share Image
Another touchy point: the inability of successive Israeli governments to deal with the propaganda war. Israel has a brilliant instrument in the… — Manfred Gerstenfeld Copy Share Image
If I were to give advice to young people, high-achieving young people for example, I’d have to say, don’t neglect your family.… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Being a reporter is one of the noblest things you can do in life. Letting the people know. It's really a holy… — Celestine Sibley Copy Share Image
“I know how easy it is to sound like a corny version of Noam Chomsky when talking about something like this, but… — Dito Montiel Copy Share Image
“The history of the government of the United States under the present Constitution is a long history of rule by minorities. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As leaders, we need to rise above petty politics and lead, rather than follow, the various interests and pressure groups in our… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
“The modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few;… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is a diversity of thought and philosophy, diversity of languages and dialects, diversity of political spectrum, and there's a diversity of… — John Liu Copy Share Image
Sometimes we overemphasize the political system. There are other ways to make a difference. There's technology, there's media, there's business. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
If you're not willing to take the political heat, then you shouldn't get into the game of land conservation, especially on a… — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share Image
Truth can be sifted out from falsehood only if the government is vigorously and consistently cross-examined, so that the fundamental issues of… — Zechariah Chafee Copy Share Image
“In a political system where nearly every adult may vote but where knowledge, wealth, social position, access to officials, and other resources… — Larry M. Bartels Copy Share Image
The radio stations will happily recycle a badly worded statement by a politician all day but will steer clear of broadcasting more… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories. — Stephane Hessel Copy Share Image
More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back. More government isn't going to create more… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
No government in the world today has explicitly assigned the responsibility for planetary protection to any of its agencies. — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
I personally am inclined to approach [housework] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation. — Adlai Stevenson Copy Share Image
Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long… — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
Global politics remains extremely complex and countries have different interests, which will also lead them to make what might seem as rather… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
When the government pays, health care's lack of affordability becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. In health care, as in other things, government is… — Arnold Kling Copy Share Image
“Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? . . . And just tell me where in… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It's an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And… — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise... that… — J. B. Pritzker Copy Share Image
I don't know how humble a person can be while consistently spouting statements like 'I, Donald Trump, am a totally gifted politician,'… — Ana Kasparian Copy Share Image
In politics, you're safest when you're saying as little as possible. You're safest when you've got your talking points and you stick… — Krystal Ball Copy Share Image
A political party cannot have a religion. Only individuals can. Otherwise, you'd be exploiting religion, and religion is so supreme that it… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
There's a basic law, Klein's second, or third, or fourth law of politics in the TV age, which is warm always beats… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image