Almost any government activity can also be seen as taking property 'without just compensation.' The basic model of an unconstitutional 'taking' would… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
I think we live in a country that sometimes forgets how effective the rule of law is, perhaps because our governments have… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
Borrowers are nearly always ill-spenders, and it is with lent money that all evil is mainly done and all unjust war protracted. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
To me, democratic socialism means democracy. It means creating a government that represents all of us, not just the wealthiest people in… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality. — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
I believe that the federal government, like a raging river, has expanded upon the barriers and the boundaries of its banks, and… — Steve Southerland Copy Share Image
In the private sector, as the president of a small business, my focus has been on driving the growth of our business,… — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
To the extent that the scientist's capacity for pursuing the truth depends upon costly apparatus, institutional collaboration and heavy capital investment by… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
“Each step in the development of the bourgeoisie was accompanied by a corresponding political advance in that class. An oppressed class under… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
If I say 'political comedian,' then people think you're talking about you, the Senate and Congress, and what's going on in Washington… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
It was very important for us to hear that both European governments and the IMF are going to sustain and augment their… — Charles Dallara Copy Share Image
As a result, we cannot guarantee that a plane set to ram into the Kremlin will be shot down or that a… — Viktor Ilyukhin Copy Share Image
“A rational anarchist believes that concepts such as ‘state’ and ‘society’ and ‘government’ have no existence save as physically exemplified in the… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Proof of the power of the press is the fear of the press by the government. Martha Gellhorn as quoted by Helen… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
As more government functions are privatized, we find political leaders defunding the public school system, shifting government funds to the private, for-profit… — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
Just as I went into politics because Joe died, if anything happened to me tomorrow, my brother Bobby would run for my… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
All I know is just what I read in the Congressional Record. They have had some awful funny articles in there lately.… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The eternal question of U.S. politics is the whiny 'what have you done for me lately?' rather than the more incisive and… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property. — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
I don't think I should tell you what to do, nor should the government. As long as you enjoy your own personal… — Armie Hammer Copy Share Image
Labour should have fought with every sinew in 2010 to retain power. To give up power voluntarily because you are tired of… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
“The ability to gauge intelligence is itself a form of intelligence. Monkeys don’t ponder how smart monkeys are. Ditto for politicians.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government. — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
A critical knowledge of the evolution of the idea of property would embody, in some respects, the most remarkable portion of the… — Lewis Henry Morgan Copy Share Image
In daily life, reality gives us material incentives to restrain our irrationality. But what incentive do we have to think rationally about… — Bryan Caplan Copy Share Image
I think we need to make sure that we are putting Social Security on a sustainable path. It's absolutely something that the… — Ken Buck Copy Share Image
Justice therefore demands that no one should do more ruling than being ruled, but that all should have their turn. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
As the histories of ancient and modern democracies illustrate, the pressure of political movement in times of war, civil commotion, or general… — Robert Heilbroner Copy Share Image
From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and… — Jim Doyle Copy Share Image
It looks like the financial giants of the world have bungled as much as the diplomats and politicians. This would be a… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The government has investigated our program of collecting through a generalized fashion, everyone's phone records in the country. And they found that… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Catalan politics emancipated from the Spanish politics on September 27, 2015. Since then, we've acted with a sovereign mentality, political sovereignty. — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
I think anybody who wants to be president has to be a politician, but I would like to find somebody who's coming… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
So I went to George and told him I had the opportunity to become the figurehead of a government safety campaign, and… — David Prowse Copy Share Image
If bitter party name-calling turns people off then smear politics just destroys all credibility in the aims of politicians, the role of… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
As the mind must govern the hands, so in every society the man of intelligence must direct the man of labor. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
