“Of course he was a politician. He had a lot of experience in saying nothing in a hundred words or more.” — Kaje Harper Copy Share Image
He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The more aspects of life that can be moved from private reign to public realm, the better it is for politics. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
We've got to get back to old-fashioned politics that's in touch with the people we seek to represent and to avoid self-inflicted… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I think that the government of [Nicolas] Maduro has argued to stage a coup in Venezuela, that this is obviously a coup… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
When the search for truth is confused with political advocacy, the pursuit of knowledge is reduced to the quest for power — Alston Chase Copy Share Image
Discussion of politics and government almost totally ignores the concept of training people to update their opinions in response to new evidence… — Dominic Cummings Copy Share Image
Self-reliance can turn a salesman into a merchant; a politician into a statesman; an attorney into a jurist; an unknown youth into… — Newell Dwight Hillis Copy Share Image
The problem facing humanity today is not a political problem; it's not a financial problem; it's not a military problem. It's obviously… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
When citizens believe that the elite care more about those across the ocean than those across the train tracks, insurance has broken… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Avoid the politic, the factious fool, The busy, buzzing, talking harden'd knave; The quaint smooth rogue that sins against his reason, Calls… — Thomas Otway Copy Share Image
My problem with political art is not that it's bad art necessarily, but that it is terrible politics. We're talking about a… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. The funds that… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
We've seen over time that countries that have the best economic growth are those that have good governance, and good governance comes… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
“Maybe it's some Bioterrorism test being run by the government. Don't drink the tap water or seafood until I do some testing."… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Especially right after 9/11. Especially when the war in Afghanistan is going on. There was a real sense that you don't get… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
We take men for what they are worth - and that is why we hate the government of man by man, and… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
Safeguarding the American people's health and our coastal ecosystems requires the vital collaboration of the federal, state, and local governments. — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
Organized labor still has privileges and legal immunities that even kings and governments lost years ago. — Roscoe Pound Copy Share Image
The history of government management of money has, except for a few short happy periods, been one of incessant fraud and deception. — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The inquiry into the proper aims and limits of State agency must be of the highest importance nay, that it is perhaps… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
“A brick could be used as a sex toy. Well, I say sex toy, but the politician strapped to the bed would… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens... — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
Politics ain't beanbag: 'tis a man's game, and women, children 'n' pro-hy-bitionists had best stay out of it. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
One consequence of Russia's klepto-capitalist model is the growing appeal of government jobs, with their lucrative opportunities for payoffs. — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
Fine Gael needs to be Fine Gael and needs to stand its ground. It should not sacrifice its politics for position in… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
It's the biggest thing in the world in many ways, football. People don't want to talk about politics. They don't want to… — Glenn Hoddle Copy Share Image
I think my generation's inability to speak in absolute terms when it comes to politics is a very positive thing; it's made… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
A thousand people will stop smoking today. Their funerals will be held sometime in the next three or four days. — C. Everett Koop Copy Share Image
It's a national failing to think of politics as something that goes on in Parliament. It isn't; it's something that goes on… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
There does seem to be in the U.S. now an ideology and an entrenchment that has stopped people doing what they are… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
People make mistakes. And one of the mistakes that the United States consistently made was that it could intervene and somehow adjust… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
Nearly every politician plagiarizes their speeches, because nearly every politician has a speech writer do the work for them. — Ana Kasparian Copy Share Image
The state produced in the laboratory may be likened to a light doze, compared to the profound slumber induced by the preponent… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
My climb to political success was no elevator ride, and it has not always been pretty, but I persevered as one of… — Dalia Grybauskaite Copy Share Image
Instant analysis is the occupational disease. There are no smokestacks, there's no black lung. Politics is the only industry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was never ideological in any sense, or a slave to any particular politics or religion. My solace and my inspiration always… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people. — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image