While the Internet can't be controlled 100 percent, it's possible for governments to filter content and discourage people from organizing. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I think that literature is something that embraces a much larger experience than politics. It's an expression of what is life, of… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I have come to believe that politicians are in the business of 'marketing' their product to the public, by exaggerating threats and… — Arnold Kling Copy Share Image
After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
We have to depoliticise our youth. We have to teach our youth that the word 'government' means them, it's something to feel… — John Kani Copy Share Image
Even more important than the discovery of Columbus, which we are gathered together to celebrate, is the fact that the general government… — Honore Daumier Copy Share Image
When I ask President Marcos for two million dollars, at worst he wants to know whether he should bring the money straight… — Florencio Campomanes Copy Share Image
No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Our political establishment refuses to use the word 'segregated.' They call the schools diverse, which means half black, half Hispanic, and maybe… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Politicians usually get the blame for dragging their feet on environmental issues. And fair enough. Most of them do just that. But… — Zac Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“Since the Enlightenment, the political order is an order of freedom. The political structures are no longer given, previous to man's freedom,… — Gustavo Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
America's founders were clear that the Constitution established a federal government of few and defined powers. It cannot regulate any activity it… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
“Hence, likewise, they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“If we were to take EarthBound's early hours as material evidence of Shigesato Itoi's impressions of American culture, we would have to… — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
“unless you are in the business of politics, covering it or columnizing about it, politics should take up maybe a tenth corner… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've got more in common with a three-toed sloth than I have with Winston Churchill. There is no easy comparison with any… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
If you want to make the government take a religious side, then make the case, it should be Christian republic. — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
If the court case I brought against the government over article 50 was about anything at all, it was about parliamentary sovereignty. — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
Even though no offer has come, I will certainly accept an offer if it comes from the BJP to join the government. — Suresh Gopi Copy Share Image
Can you think of a single area of government in which George Bush hasn't already made things worse than Bill Clinton did? — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
I am getting much more political as I get older. It's the duty of any writer, in particular, not to stand back… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Politics matter, but politics can't come first. If politics come first in your life, something is wrong with you. It's a sad… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
When we say, even in a global village, that all politics is local, we mean that national sovereignties are the only reliable… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the form of Government may be different in different countries, according to their circumstances, their wishes, their wants. England… — Lajos Kossuth Copy Share Image
A wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion. — Frederick Scott Oliver Copy Share Image
You can't run a government solely on a business basis...Government should be human. It should have a heart. — Herbert H. Lehman Copy Share Image
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must… — John George Nicolay Copy Share Image
Deregulation is a transfer of power from the trodden to the treading. It is unsurprising that all conservative parties claim to hate… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Great political leaders risk unpopularity, patiently explain their case and confront prejudice, bigotry and vested interests. — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Resolution Trust Company was set up to liquidate a bunch of assets that the government had inherited because the savings and loans… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I have no problem at all if somebody disagrees with me on my politics, or on this, that or whatever. That's fine. — Rex Ryan Copy Share Image
My record proves that I don't make political or public-service decisions based on what typical folks in Washington do, which is, 'What's… — Carlos Lopez-Cantera Copy Share Image
Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
If bad and inexperienced politicians control power in Nigeria, my wealth may turn into poverty, and I am not ready to become… — Aliko Dangote Copy Share Image
“...they were no more than steaks served up to portly politicians who controlled the personnel departments of the TV stations. (Showgirls in… — Tobias Jones Copy Share Image
“The nearest approach to a libertarian government was the government of the United States at the time of its inception.” — John Hospers Copy Share Image
We need to take back control of our political process. We know so much more about what Brexit will mean, and the… — Konnie Huq Copy Share Image
The truth is no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away. — Ernest Istook Copy Share Image
