Do not first announce action, and then, when you are unable to take action, withdraw, because you will only find yourself in… — Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Copy Share Image
“The besom of reform hath swept him out of office, and a worthier successor wears his dignity and pockets his emoluments.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A Supreme Court justice must convince at least four colleagues to bind the federal government nationwide, whereas a district court judge issuing… — William Barr Copy Share Image
The political face of Europe is one that has said very clearly that it wants cooperation and friendship with the United States. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the… — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
I have tremendous admiration for everyone who enters the political arena so long as their goal is to do what they believe… — George Pataki Copy Share Image
There is no safety where there is no strength; no strength without Union; no Union without justice; no justice where faith and… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“It is possible that the next economic downturn--or stock market crash--will bring on further developments. During the recession at the end of… — Steve Brouwer Copy Share Image
Religion in America . . . Must be regarded as the foremost of the political institutions for that country; for if it… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“By connecting Oswald to several parts of the JFK–Almeida coup plan, those working for Marcello, Trafficante, and Rosselli could ensure that when… — Lamar Waldron Copy Share Image
The peoples of many countries are being taxed to the point of poverty and starvation in order to enable Governments to engage… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
From 1789, perhaps even before that, it had been the willingness of politicians to exploit either the threat or the fact of… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Fortunately, both governments have been in favor of studying the Mexican migration problem in greater depth. For the first time, I think,… — Ernesto Zedillo Copy Share Image
In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Politics is something similar to the lower physiological functions, with the unpleasant difference that political functions are unavoidably carried out in public. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
I felt that for 20 years, I was wooing the people of my country and asking them to like me as an… — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
Everyone has different beliefs. There are no ups and downs in it. The Dravidian model of government has never been a hindrance… — M. K. Stalin Copy Share Image
We don't have the right to bear arms because of burglars; we have the right to bear arms to resist the supreme… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is… — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
This imputation of inconsistency is one to which every sound politician and every honest thinker must sooner or later subject himself. The… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“Nothing so removes a man from his inner, mysterious, real life, nothing makes him so deaf and dumb as the picture of… — Vladimir Odoevsky Copy Share Image
A society that does not give importance to education cannot progress. Let there be any Government, it must have a vision to… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
“The universe runs on the principle that one who can exert the most evil on other creatures runs the show.” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Are you a producer or a looter? If diversity were always and everywhere good we would be clamoring for more midgets in… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
We seem to be pariahs alike in the visible and the invisible world, with no foothold anywhere, though by every principle of… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
In our system of government, the president is not supposed to be above the law. He is not a king; his word… — Cenk Uygur Copy Share Image
That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes,… — Plato Copy Share Image
I was perfectly certain that I had nothing to offer of an individual nature and that my only chance of doing my… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The Constitution is a 200-year-old parchment, simply because we digitize the words should not suggest their meanings change. — Ed Markey Copy Share Image
We need to take politics out of health care. Congress will cave to pretty much any special interest on the subject. — Jim Cooper Copy Share Image
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If people become accustomed to lying, they will unconsciously commit every possible wrong deed. Before they can act wickedly, they must lie… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Well, first let's say that the fundamental responsibility of any government is national security - in the preamble to the Constitution, provide… — Angus King Copy Share Image
“The genius of politics, of people like Frank, is to link them all, understand them all. To represent them all, not just… — Beatriz Williams Copy Share Image
I'm not a political thinker, but I've just always thought of myself as a Labour supporter. I was a great fan of… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
The care of our national commerce redounds more to the riches and prosperity of the public than any other act of government. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
