We have historically tended to run fairly steady levels of government tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product and expenditures… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
Wave the flag, wave the Bible, wave your sex or your business degree, whatever you want, just don't wave that thing at… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
[The US] budget is dominated by the retirement programs, Social Security and Medicare - loosely speaking, the post-cold-war federal government is a… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
With all this consumer debt, business debt, government debt, smaller movements in interest rates have a magnified effect. a small movement can… — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
Britain's independent possession of nuclear weapons has turned into a political touchstone for commitment to national defense, but this is an illusion. — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
Every political creation of new money transfers wealth from workers and savers to those who are spending in the market place newly… — Percy L. Greaves, Jr Copy Share Image
When any government separates from God and His law in Scripture and from His people and His church, it invites judgment on… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
And as the vicissitudes of Nations beget a perpetual tendency to the accumulation of debt, there ought to be in every government… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Communism made through the will of a government instead of through the direct and voluntary work of groups of workers does not… — Errico Malatesta Copy Share Image
The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its credibility by ensuring that its criticism… — Malcolm Turnbull Copy Share Image
In a climate where much of foreign policy is a direct function of domestic politics, focusing on what one doesn't want is… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
I made a promise to Michael Brown's parents that I would do everything to bring all of the resources of the federal… — William Lacy Clay, Jr Copy Share Image
I've always been on the outside of all that political stuff so I just sort of watch it and I'm appalled and… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
“American government does not care whether you are a one-day-old baby who was brought here and ended up illegal or whether you… — Imbolo Mbue Copy Share Image
“It is not fair to call Erdogan a "political prostitute"! because prostitutes rent their bodies, unlike Erdogan who is selling all Muslims… — Jahanshah Safari Copy Share Image
“for the threat embodied in the HHS Mandate. “If the federal government can force not only Catholic institutions, but those of many… — Floyd G Brown Copy Share Image
A people can prosper under a very bad government and suffer under a very good one, if in the first case the… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
The corporation is not a person; it is a legal fiction backed up by guns and police and jail cells and taxing… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Women politicians tend to lead by being accountable for results. We focus on goals and outcomes. You can't get by on just… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
The political establishment that is trying to stop us is the same group responsible for our disastrous trade deals, massive illegal immigration… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
If citizens wish to retain their liberty, they cannot assume that those who seek power over them are honest. Skepticism of government… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The last thing I want is a conflict of interest between my family's businesses and state government. Even the slightest whiff of… — Jim Justice Copy Share Image
I'm a novelist, a critic, an essayist - I tend to see politics as a subset of cultures rather than the other… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
I am not tied to the broken political machine, and I did not aspire to climb the ranks of the Cook County… — Lori Lightfoot Copy Share Image
“The political Greeders mindset wastes resources that could transform the future of tens of millions of people and the destinies of the… — Tony Dovale Copy Share Image
The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that… — Randall Terry Copy Share Image
The great political tragedy of our time is that conservative leaders in America have chosen to use their superior messaging and political… — Joseph J. Romm Copy Share Image
People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they're lying or not doesn't matter. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
As Vice President one of the things I spend time on is the continuity of government; that's the main reason I'm here… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I took a two-year break in college where I was just studying politics - I did political studies and became obsessed with… — Pauline Chalamet Copy Share Image
I am troubled that sometimes in our political discourse we spend all of our time focused on the challenges of the next… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“Any Government strong enough to give you what you want, is a Government strong enough to take everything you have!” — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Call me an alarmist, but we are witnessing the beginning of the most frightening period of government tyranny in our nation's history. — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Deception, you see, lies at the heart of business, politics and war. Even pleasure, wouldn’t you say? Everyone practises it, from the… — Michael Wreford Copy Share Image
Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they… — Sherrod Brown Copy Share Image
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Just because you don’t have an arrest record doesn’t mean you’re not a criminal. As proof, note some of the cleanest rap… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I don't think that the "freedom movement" is a racist movement as such. But it's a virulent example of identity politics. "Whiteness"… — Hendrik Hertzberg Copy Share Image