Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
My father did not groom us for politics. I took the plunge because I wanted to carry on his work in his… — Naveen Patnaik Copy Share Image
An overall trend of political moderation in Latin America makes for far less interesting headlines, but it also makes for far better… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering… — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to… — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
There clearly are cases where evil people exist, but you don't have to violate the privacy of every single citizen of America… — Eric Schmidt Copy Share Image
When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. — Maggie Gallagher Copy Share Image
Obviously, our political system is profoundly corrupted by, among other things, the influence of money. But, at a deeper level, the current… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Coincident with the right of individual property under the provisions of our Government is the right of individual property. . . .… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
A difference must be made between a decision against the constitutionality of a law of Congress and of a State. The former… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
In the early 19th century, when the country was transitioning from an agrarian to an industrial economy, we subsidised transportation and created… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
What is true, just, and beautiful is not determined by popular vote. The masses everywhere are ignorant, short-sighted, motivated by envy, and… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
The effect of the corporation, under the prevailing policy of the free, go-as-you-please method of organization and management, has been to drive… — Peter S. Grosscup Copy Share Image
There is a time for weighing evidence and a time for acting. And if there's one thing I've learned throughout my work… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
Our Government is fostering economic growth in Kitchener, Cambridge and all of the Waterloo Region by investing in our innovative businesses. Today's… — Gary Goodyear Copy Share Image
“A brick could be used to cook with, as a thickening agent in gravy. But as history proves, the thickest agents work… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
As a black member of parliament and minister for nearly a decade, I was determined not to be defined by my race.… — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
As a U.S. Senator, I've tried my best to practice politics the way I think it's supposed to be practiced - always… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
If women decide that their mission, their political career, balances out what they have to give up, they can be and are… — Dalia Grybauskaite Copy Share Image
The political technology of the Industrial age is no longer appropriate technology for the new civilization taking form around us. Our politics… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that's happened in American political life. — John Silber Copy Share Image
“By this means the government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I'm often asked why I travel around the country talking politics. Is it for humanitarian reasons, community spirit, or is it for… — Pat Paulsen Copy Share Image
It is my belief that there is a greater understanding than ever that women need to be equal participants in our homes,… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
We are shrinking the size of the federal government as a percent of our economy from over 21 percent of the economy… — Franklin Raines Copy Share Image
At the level of state politics, Republican-led legislatures and Republican executive officials are adopting a politics of expulsion that targets sexual minorities… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
Down with politics and the art of the possible; up with pronouncements and the allure of the prophetic: It's the way of… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician, I'm not in Congress. You know what I mean? I'm just a black girl that makes YouTube videos… — Candace Owens Copy Share Image
Adults who enter into public life implicitly consent to having less privacy, but their families - especially their children - should not… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
Hollywood is in control of politics and has imported their action-filled movie scripts into the real world. — Kim Dotcom Copy Share Image
It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
We've become, now, an oligarchy instead of a democracy. I think that's been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Profit should never come at the cost of human blood. Any government that places profit before people is pure evil.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
There are countries in which it would be as absurd to establish popular governments as to abolish all the restraints in a… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
When you live in Washington, D.C., you do get a sense, in a very direct way, of the durability of our government… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
