Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove the Indians… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
Diplomacy has more to do with (credible) threats than with sweet reason. And threats from America are a lot more credible, nowadays. — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
We know that advanced economies with stable governments that borrow in their own currency are capable of running up very high levels… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts. — Jim Leach Copy Share Image
“If only one didn't know that at the secret heart of all such organizations, corporations and governments alike, it still came down… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
People like Tywin Lannister are very much victims of that system, and of that environment: 'This is my place, don't threaten it'.… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
“It was sometimes feebly argued, as the political and military war against this enemy ran into difficulties, that it was 'a war… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Unless the mass retains sufficient control over those entrusted with the powers of their government, these will be perverted to their own… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The author assumed that the main task of government is to distribute the collective wealth of society among its members, and that,… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are… — Dick Thornburgh Copy Share Image
There's never been a pandemic which hasn't exploited a change in the way we live - politics, social structure, technological change, warfare,… — Norman Swan Copy Share Image
“Hopefulness is risky, since it is after all a form of trust, trust in the unknown and the possible, even in discontinuity.… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Since the election, since the formation of a government, the death in Iraq has increased. The United States stands by, helpless to… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up. — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
Principles of fair and equitable treatment included in many treaties are uncontroversial as general principles of good public governance. — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
Sepultura had a political album like Chaos A.D. that concerned itself with politics and war. I continued that in some areas with… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
“Is there any censorship in your country’s media? Then you are definitely living in a fascist country! Censorship is the tool of… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Throughout history government has served as a vehicle for the organization of hatred and oppression, benefiting no one except those who are… — Doug Casey Copy Share Image
There's a lot of potential for machine learning all around the world. We're seeing it in academia, at other companies, in government. — Jeff Dean Copy Share Image
I've never been a politician, but , I am totally committed to the Republican Party. I feel very honored to be the… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
As the Indian government has embraced greater economic openness, the creativity and expertise of the Indian workforce has been unleashed onto the… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
Government [is] operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the function of the bureau is to intercept… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
If Colin Powell was president, I'd follow him. I wanna get into politics. That's the way for us to overcome a lot… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Our collaboration in building innovative technologies will support the Make in India vision of the Indian government. — John L. Flannery Copy Share Image
I will continue to advocate for a strong federal government role to establish the production, storage and distribution networks needed to support… — Albert Wynn Copy Share Image
“...political realism is the way forward for any system that is genuinely for humanity or for the interest and advancement of the… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
Authoritarian governments are now trying to ensure that the increasingly free flow of ideas and information through cyberspace fuels their economies without… — Ian Bremmer Copy Share Image
Of course politics is an interesting and engrossing thing. It offers no immutable laws, nearly always prevaricates, but as far asblather and… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Marie-Thérèse played a key role in shaping European politics.In addition, as the Duchesse d'Angoulême, her face-off with Napoleon's soldiers was certainly a… — Susan Nagel Copy Share Image
REPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and without discernible hope of promotion in the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I do not give a damn about the dead. They died for the [Communist] Party and the Party can decide what it… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“These politicians can’t see that the atomic age has created the most deadly saboteur in the history of the world – the… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government. — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
The Internet requires evolved forms of governance that we haven't figured out as a planet. I'd love to help make that easier… — Jeremy Allaire Copy Share Image
The question for politicians here is fundamental: You can read the polls, or you can change the polls. Stand up on the… — Gavin Newsom Copy Share Image
It is amazing how many of the intelligentsia call it "greed" to want to keep what you have earned, but not greed… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image