A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Rap is good for politics because when you make a rap record, you put good music on a track and people listen… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
In politics, throwing the taxpayers' money at disasters is supposed to show your compassion. But robbing Peter to pay Paul is not… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Why are we surprised when politicians play politics? It's not like they are supposed to be real adults... they are, after all,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My principles in respect of religious interest are two,--one is, that the Church shall not meddle with politics, and the government shall… — Lajos Kossuth Copy Share Image
People respond to political characters in archetypal ways. A fun game is to think of a politician and ask, "Which god is… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Today, the people are governing the governments. And when they begin to talk to each other, they are surprised, they can be… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
“True moderation in the defence of political liberties is indeed a difficult thing: pretending to want fair shares for all, every man… — Livy Copy Share Image
“And what excuse was there for this? Nothing but the old line that parents and politicians will use before taking out their… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I wasn't allowed to play in some universities in the United States and out of twenty-five concerts, twenty-three were canceled unless I… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
There is no news value to the content of those [Newtown 911] tapes. The actual audio is of no news value at… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed - where… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
“That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Rationalism belongs to the cool observer. But because of the stupidity of the average person, they follow not reason, but faith. This… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
I'll confess that I don't watch the Olympics, but you'd have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“A day will come when a woman will be elected to the top of the pyramid, to be a prime minister or… — Her Promised Road Copy Share Image
China is a government-oriented economy. No one can say he can run his business entirely without government connections. Anybody who says that… — Wang Jianlin Copy Share Image
Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics. — Barry Hughart Copy Share Image
I'm falling back on what some of the standard protocols for politics are after victory. We in America do not prosecute defeated… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Philosophy is a bad master for poetry; religion worse; and politics self-serving will never serve the Muse. — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Certain people in politics and the press felt there was a political spin to 'Cardiac Arrest,' but there was no political agenda… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
“Blankets could be used to keep politicians warm, when we kick them all to the street. They’ll be warm, but they’ll be… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Terrorism is not an expression of rage. Terrorism is a political weapon. Remove a government's facade of infallibility, and you remove it's… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Peace on this planet will not be forged by military strength. It will be forged by those who come together despite their… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Daily and hourly, the politician inwardly has to overcome a quite trivial and all-too-human enemy: a quite vulgar vanity. — Max Weber Copy Share Image
I grew up around politics. I organized my first campaign when I was 14, a walk-out in my high school to protest… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
If you disagree with your government, that's political. If you disagree with your government that is approaching theocracy, then you're evil. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Providing for the common good, making people feel secure in their communities and homes - this is the central job of government.… — John Baldacci Copy Share Image
And taking more money out of the private economy and having the government perform as it has poorly done with the stimulus… — Mark Kirk Copy Share Image
The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the… — Jalal Talabani Copy Share Image
In politics, as in every other sphere of life, there are two important principles for a man of any sense: don't cherish… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Howard Dean is a politician, a medical doctor and a Democrat. So he has three reasons to tell women to take off… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly that the country needs dedicated people who have passion... rather than those who are in politics only for… — Poonam Dhillon Copy Share Image
Modern political liberalism, particularly its racial orthodoxy, is the science of excuse-making, the training of black minds for failure. — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
Goverment is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Today, with the way things are in all circles, in soccer, in society, in politics, where it seems anything goes, a gesture… — Iván Fernández Anaya Copy Share Image
“A government which can be felt; a government of energy. God send that our country may never have a government, which it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The price of freedom—of individuality—is attention to politics, careful planning, careful organization; philosophy is no more a barrier against political disaster than… — Greg Bear Copy Share Image
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