If you look at all the sports in China, the government is extremely involved and they are extremely proud of their athlete. — Patrick Chan Copy Share Image
Whether she planned it or not, the path that Pelosi took to the House is the one most women used to follow.… — Dana Bash Copy Share Image
The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
It's as if inside the White House the belief in Obama's inspirational charisma is still such that every time the ugliness of… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
We are all encouraged that Bush appears, really for the first time in his experience on the stage of presidential politics, relaxed.… — John Dean Copy Share Image
Are we going to be risk-averse about health care, education, child well-being, or are we going to set aside those attitudes, which… — Michelle Lujan Grisham Copy Share Image
“The death penalty costs too much. Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
If we ever hope to rid the world of the political AIDS of our time, terrorism, the rule must be clear: One… — Meir Kahane Copy Share Image
What acquaintance have the people at large with the arena of political rectitude, with the connections of kingdoms, the resources of national… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
“This is the secret of the political history of modern India. Weakened by division, it succumbed to invaders; impoverished by invaders, it… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
I come back to what I had said earlier: the policies might be there but are people benefiting from the policies? You… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
A certain type of person strives to become a master over all, and to extend his force, his will to power, and… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Liberals say they are for civil liberties and personal freedom, but they continue to advocate government regulation of business, redistribution of wealth,… — Richard Ebeling Copy Share Image
Politics is real. It has an impact on people's lives. It's harder to quantify the impact art has. Personally, I oscillate between… — Killian Scott Copy Share Image
Unless you believe that politicians and agencies are above a money grab, especially if it can be justified under the auspices of… — Sharyl Attkisson Copy Share Image
The idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges, or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
If two people of the same sex fall in love and want to marry, why would our government stand in their way? — Bob Casey, Jr Copy Share Image
As an Asst. Secretary of State, I often urged authoritarian governments around the world not to use emergency powers to defy their… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
In the 1970s the government propped up managers who couldn't run their industries properly. Nowadays they prop up our lousy managers who… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
I would be happy to accept asylum, political asylum, in India — a nation I love. In return, I will bring Mayawati… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
“If Madison in the 1780s was a philosopher king, Madison in the 1790s was a formidable practicing politician, and so skillful at… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The working class had imposed upon them a sterile and authoritarian educational system which mirrored the ethos of the corporate workplace.” — Anthony M. Platt Copy Share Image
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
To best serve the public happiness, government shouldn't do things it cannot do well - anymore than Wal-Mart should provide goods and… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
The true slogan of a true democracy is not 'Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'… This is… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high… — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
It is disconcerting to sit with your parent and find you're turning over your future to your government, which can't manage their… — Jackie Walorski Copy Share Image
In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“I want to have five or six wives, and a few dozen sheep, all for my pleasure. I should be a politician.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
It is truly a triumph of rhetoric over reality when people can believe that going into politics is 'public service,' but that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“People are naturally born as Libertarians till governments and oppressive societies force them to adopt their ideologies and their ways.” — Hany Ghoraba Copy Share Image
The rise of populist parties such as the Five Star Movement in Italy and the Front National in France are rocking the… — Nicholas Bloom Copy Share Image
Israel wants to make it clear to the government of Egypt that it has no aggressive intentions whatsoever against any Arab state… — Levi Eshkol Copy Share Image
Always and everywhere, the only serious political issue is what the state should and should not do. All the rest distracts. — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
All politicians know that every 'temporary' political initiative promised as a short-term poultice stays on the books forever. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
Growing up, I never ever thought that I would or could or should be involved in politics. I didn't see anyone who… — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
