In a weird way, our satirists probably have the most complicated, nuanced views of our politics now - Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert,… — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
How is it that we can militarily overthrow a military government like Iraq, yet we can't militarily keep illegalities (drugs and aliens)… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
The civil government ... functions with complete success ... by the total separation of the Church from the State. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Nostalgia is a particular affliction of immigrant fiction, and it's led to a kind of sclerosis of the form. I hate nostalgia,… — Neel Mukherjee Copy Share Image
“The bank balance was Noel Constant’s share in the estate of his anarchist father. The estate had consisted principally of Government bonds.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I want the people to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“And maybe no better. There is no government in Mexico. Hell, there's no God in Mexico. Never will be. We are dealing… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Everybody knows that the federal government promises a lot and delivers damn little, and pays for most of what it does deliver… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
“A cat without a tail is better than a politician without a head. Theres a destiny that leads a hungry cat to… — Lilian Jackson Braun Copy Share Image
“Now, I have always wanted to agree with Lady Bracknell that there is no earthly use for the upper and lower classes… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
A cool blooded and crafty politician, when he would be thoroughly revenged on his enemy, makes the injuries which have been inflicted,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“You say “hold to your values” at the same time you say our values are all wrong. Help me with this. I… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
When people hear the term 'political prisoner,' especially on the Left, it becomes a kind of abstraction. Folks are aware of injustice,… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
All of us can see what happens once you establish the precedent that the government can determine a man's working place and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If you're campaigning against ObamaCare, but you're also having to defend yourself for closing the government, that seems to take away the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If you give government five things to do, we might do two or three but if you give us three things to… — Gladys Berejiklian Copy Share Image
Political and legal institutions play a central role in setting the environment that can nurture prosperity and economic growth. — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
If ever there was an area in which to do the exact opposite of that which government and the media urge you… — Robert Ringer Copy Share Image
We have always pointed out discrepancies in the government. It was not for my personal benefit but for the people. — Uddhav Thackeray Copy Share Image
Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that people didn't have sex, pick their nose,… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Every movement of mine was under the control of the Vietnamese government, a communist country. I was just a prisoner without walls. — Phan Thi Kim Phuc Copy Share Image
In government procurement, for example, the opportunity German firms have in the United States is 10 times larger than in Canada. — Michael Froman Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the reality was that, for political reasons or whatever, there was a need to enforce antidiscrimination laws, or at least there… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I never thought I would end up being an actress. I thought I really was going to do serious stuff like law… — Rebel Wilson Copy Share Image
A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Socialism isn't just a list of economic prescriptions for government. Perhaps above all, socialism is a moral view. — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the… — Douglas Hurd Copy Share Image
…for friendships that are acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of character are purchased but are not owned,… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Why English music is being taught in some schools? The government should make arrangements to promote Indian classical music among students. — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
Not every innovation in transportation is going to come from government or even a large enterprise. There are smart people out there… — Anthony Foxx Copy Share Image
In other words, governments do not collect taxes to provide services, they provide services as an excuse to collect taxes. — Richard J. Maybury Copy Share Image
Let's keep people with weird religious faiths out of government. Especially those who have a weird religious faith IN government. — David Burge Copy Share Image
What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“I’m famous for my Shepherd’s Pie. Here’s my recipe: lamb, potatoes, cheese, peas, paprika, and a wool-covered apron for the chef/shepherd/wolf-like politician… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I think more and more business leaders are becoming aware of the impact of the government in their success. — Luther Strange Copy Share Image
I went from being a kid who loved to perform magic tricks to becoming the world's most notorious hacker, feared by corporations… — Kevin Mitnick Copy Share Image