Exploitation and manipulation produce boredom and triviality; they cripple man, and all factors that make man into a psychic cripple turn him… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“I often wonder why, when governments and communities erect monuments to heroes, they forget to erect one to the honour of the… — Frederick de la Fosse Copy Share Image
“The rich inevitably are going to organize their wealth to avoid government confiscation. They’ll do whatever the law allows to use their… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Gilles Duceppe avoids making campaign promises altogether so he can emphasize that his Bloc Quebecois has only one objective: to prevent Harper… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
Biden has his moments as a politician, but we all know he wasn't hired for the job because he's particularly good with… — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Most Republicans have made it very clear they're not interested in raising taxes. They want to reform government. — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Is this politics? I suppose I am going to have to learn all about it, if I am to run Lord Ferris's… — Ellen Kushner Copy Share Image
Illiberal left ideology has its greatest strength on campuses because campuses are one of the few places in American life where a… — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
Though I am by no means as doctrinaire as I once was about political and social matters, I'm still a libertarian fiscal… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
“As both Herschel and Whewell would remark in their writings on science, the scientific process is inevitably a social one. Discoveries are… — Laura J. Snyder Copy Share Image
“Whatever the liberal mood, the task of containing and utilizing conflict was never over, just as the task was never over of… — Edmund Fawcett Copy Share Image
I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government. The one… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“People continue to deploy the same justification of market society—that it would secure the personal independence of workers from arbitrary authority—long after… — Elizabeth S. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Wolsey always said that the making of a treaty is the treaty. It doesn't matter what the terms are, just that there… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I think that some of today's focus on freedom of information and trans rights have a tendency to focus on the actions… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
Politics is very hard work. You have to really commit to things. Some people get into it for the wrong reasons. — Sol Campbell Copy Share Image
History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
India is an abstraction… India is no more a political personality than Europe. India is a geographical term. It is no more… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
No medieval monarch in the whole of British history ever had such power as every modern British Prime Minister has in his… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
The great thing about writing jokes for President Obama is that he is not afraid to tell jokes that are actually funny… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
Black people mad Romney's white. White people mad Obama's black. Me? I'm mad no one cares about their policies or our country. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Ideally, government is the means by which all the individual wills are assured complete freedom of moral choice and at the same… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Politically, China suppresses its people, but because the government allows some freedom in economic matters, business has become the ultimate expression of… — Li Lu Copy Share Image
“American notaries, port authorities, local governments, customs officials, American diplomats in Britain, and British agents issued certificates, which varied wildly in reliability.” — Troy Bickham Copy Share Image
I love to see honest and honorable men at the helm, men who will not bend their politics to their purses, nor… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A citizen is a political and moral agent who in fact has a shared sense of hope and responsibility to others and… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Sometimes political correctness exists more in the furious minds of its enemies than in reality, which gets n with compromise and common… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Politicians try to make friends, build constituencies, and avoid gaffes. Trump does the opposite, seeking out land mines in order to detonate… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
If 'Brexit' really is a political crisis, it should be treated as a political crisis - and not, despite all the market… — Kelly Evans Copy Share Image
That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I don't say we should have performed miracles, but surely there ought to have been a difference between the apartheid regime and… — Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Copy Share Image
Would most politicians have gone to a meeting with someone advertised as being an agent of the Russian government? — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
In days to come I would love to doing some more reality shows but the saas-bahu type daily soaps are a strict… — Shefali Zariwala Copy Share Image
Who invented political tolerance? The English invented it, it's something which has taken roots with some difficulty in Scottish politics. — Neal Ascherson Copy Share Image
“Corporate CEO-ship, lawmaking and enforcement, politics, clergy, and media practice are all potentially attractive job prospects for a psychopath.” — T. Rivers, Clarence Copy Share Image
Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from… — Elisabeth Shue Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a 'free' government benefit. Ask small-business owners who are footing skyrocketing bills for bottomless jobless benefits. — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
America's political system has evolved over the last 50 years in ways that have enhanced the power of business lobbies. — Al Gore Copy Share Image
