In the early nineteenth century, with Enlightenment optimism soured by years of war and revolution, critics were skeptical of America's naive faith… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
All fundamental political problems are problems of relationships; therefore, all fundamental solutions have to involve fundamental changes in relationships. — F. David Mathews Copy Share Image
I don't think Republicans are evil. I think they mostly have a different philosophy of government than I do. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left can't govern without ideas. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
The Court is making the preposterous assumption that the People of the United States somehow silently redefined marriage in 1868 when they… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Of course, politicians always say they're just describing their opponents' positions, even if they are in fact offering absurd caricatures, if not… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Voters are fed up with politicians like Sen. McConnell who show themselves vacant of any moral compass or patriotic courage, and whose… — Amy McGrath Copy Share Image
The United Nations is an organizational body where people, through their Governments, come together; and it can be the only place where… — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
I visited the Ethiopian National Project which was created by the government to fully integrate Ethiopian Jews into Israel's society. They're still… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
The public has moved beyond politicians. For example, I'm not worried about them repealing protections for the LGBT community, because the public… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
“From 1960 to 1970, as the New Deal expanded into the Great Society, the number of Americans in poverty declined from 40… — Ian Haney López Copy Share Image
The nation's government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights. I am receiving it before you, certain… — Evita Peron Copy Share Image
None of us should play party to any corporate warfare. We cannot become pawns in the hands of corporate giants' warfare to… — Nirmala Sitharaman Copy Share Image
Every government has signed up to a voluntary legal commitment under at least one of the international covenants and conventions based on… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
History will never change because of politics or conquests or theories or wars; that's mere repitition, it's been going on since the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I am not deeply involved in Australian politics but I know there are prime ministers, governments around the world who are not… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We used to play marbles for keeps. If you lost, you lost. It is the same way with politics, but not everybody… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
The ultimate sophistication of subversion is to take over the government, not by unlawful but by lawful means. — Brian Crozier Copy Share Image
I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job. — Darrell Issa Copy Share Image
As a political metaphor, a revolution could, in that sense, mean only a return to better times, or to the true constitution:… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
“You cannot defeat injustice with the further injustice but you can render yourself into an unjust zealot in the process of trying.” — C.A.A. Savastano Copy Share Image
Culture of dependency leads to a life of slavery, being totally dependent upon government. And government dictates where they go in life. — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
“They might pay you to vote for them, but having a wrong government in place. You pay it with your life.” — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
So you know, I think that the federal government, the Democrats, and President Obama are selling a lot of hope and change,… — Jan Brewer Copy Share Image
The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
Betty Sutton and I will make it a point to put state government back on the side of the middle class, not… — Richard Cordray Copy Share Image
If you establish a right unity government, you create an effective platform to make... decisions because you have wider support of your… — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely. — Bob Riley Copy Share Image
I feel passionately about measurement - about how difficult it is, about how much theory and conceptualization is involved in measurement, and… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
The role of the church and the government are fundamentally different. The church must always show compassion - always. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
No citizen or social group can be completely isolated from politics, because policy decisions and actions affect their lives. — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
Growth is what solves most of the big economic and social problems: poverty, government deficits, quality of life, rising healthcare and retirement… — Sergio Ermotti Copy Share Image
Politicians around the world are very different, but they all have one thing in common: The first thing they respond to is… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
The US government is like an ocean liner, not like a speed boat. It's harder to turn around than people might think. — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
So, yes, I became the vessel into which people poured their hopes that we can have a different kind of city. I… — Lori Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Far too often in the political realm, we demonize success; we demagogue against it. What we should be doing is incentivizing success. — Ron Johnson Copy Share Image
