There is a circus around politics. But if you think it is a game, then you forget what the purpose of politics… — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
“A burial should be more than a fire pit, arena seating, and a squirming politician strapped to a pile of wood. There… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The writing is all done, so it's all about verbalizing everything from point A to point B, and certainly there's a bit… — Lindsey Buckingham Copy Share Image
Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
The public needs to know the kinds of things a government does in its name, or the 'consent of the governed' is… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I don't know a lot about politics. I like talking about human behavior. Politicians are funny to me because they often say… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Technology has enabled government to have investigative and situational awareness on a scale and scope that were science fiction when the Stasi… — Yochai Benkler Copy Share Image
When the people fear a government, they're a tyranny. When a government fears the people, there is liberty. — John Basil Barnhill Copy Share Image
There is something very consistent about governance in the Arab world. Among the Arab countries today in which there is a modicum… — Michael Totten Copy Share Image
America glories in its tradition of the self-made individual. Political candidates compete to be a friend to entrepreneurs, and policymakers, imagining the… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
It's always amusing to see how much less the political class knows than the rest of us do. ... it's never occurred… — Stephen D. Cox Copy Share Image
Modern American politicians have the same cowardice about denying an equally bloodthirsty even sillier god, Jehovah. None of us would seriously consider… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“For a quarter-century British governments had tried and failed to combine economic growth, increased social service provision and a high level of… — John Morris Roberts Copy Share Image
If the emperor had capriciously decreed the death of the most eminent and virtuous citizen of the republic, the cruel order would… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Ultimately, if people lose their willingness to recognize that there are times in our history when legality becomes distinct from morality, we… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“You are one with a crowd of men who have made what they call a government, who are masters of all the… — Jack London Copy Share Image
There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
But in practical affairs, particularly in politics, men are needed who combine human experience and interest in human relations with a knowledge… — Max Born Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an architect, fate took me to films. Now that I am into politics, I want to give my… — Roopa Ganguly Copy Share Image
I think any time you deal with humans and the way they exploit one another and cause pain you are in the… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men. — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Copy Share Image
Some people trust an insurance company over the government, while others trust the government over insurance companies. — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
I'm as deeply suspicious of big government as anyone. I'm strongly in favor of universal coverage but not single payer. — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
How did an allegedly free people spawn a vast, rampant cuttlefish of dominion with its tentacles in every orifice of the body… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I do strongly believe myself that members of the government who sit in the House of Lords should be accountable to the… — John Bercow Copy Share Image
No American conservative has ever argued that the government should never be involved in peoples' lives. That is anarchy, and we don't… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I have no opinion. No, none at all. Opinion is politics, and politics is an evil which has caused many a fellow… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
All government is, in its essence, organized exploitation, and in virtually all of its existing forms it is the implacable enemy of… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The one thing we have that the other parties do not have is a political integrity. No one thinks you join the… — Caroline Lucas Copy Share Image
I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably... drop writing children's books and become… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
The unimaginable brutality of this latest manifestation of Political Islam in the Arab world is too much to bear for many Muslim… — Hisham Melhem Copy Share Image
During Biden's nearly 50 years in politics, his off-the-cuff remarks have gotten him in more than a bit of trouble, but the… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
In terms of political contributions, the free speech rights of corporations I don't think deserve the same protections as the free speech… — Chris Coons Copy Share Image
I expect nothing from the government but I expect everything from people. There is a need to update ourselves, our values and… — Sonam Wangchuk Copy Share Image
Banning guns, drugs, alcohol, premarital sex, political incorrectness, and gay marriage hasn't worked. We should ban Life. So long as even one… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
What is the difference between a cactus and a conservative caucus? On a cactus, the pricks are on the outside. — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way to settle… — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
The Constitution never even mentions political parties, let alone the Republican and Democratic parties, yet all the election laws help to protect… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image