“It was gratifying to see how much one could accomplish in both politics and trade by liberally murdering the other fellow’s soldiers.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. He is a weak ruler… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
Politics deals with a common-sense approach to the imponderables of history, that I think are obscured by a certain kind of rationalism. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The basis of any independent government is a national language, and we can no longer continue aping our former colonizers ... those… — Jomo Kenyatta Copy Share Image
After Victor Paz's government, I was still in politics, but I personally spent a lot of time consulting and working with Argentina,… — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share Image
Yet, much of what lies beneath the ocean's surface remains a mystery, and our nation continues to rely on a confused, antiquated… — Tom Allen Copy Share Image
I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics. — David Miliband Copy Share Image
[O]ur sages in the great [constitutional] convention... intended our government should be a republic which differs more widely from a democracy than… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
All of us need to remember, a government of, by, and for the people depends upon healthy debate and a civil exchange… — Mike Johnson Copy Share Image
I never thought I would write about the Book of Revelation. It's so dense; it's so complex and puzzling. But then I… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
Pakistan always seems to have a lot of political complexities and political challenges. But Pakistan is important for a number of reasons.… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
In 1995, the Clinton Administration reached an agreement with Cuban government that any refugee caught at sea would be sent back to… — Fabrizio Moreira Copy Share Image
“I had a dream about you. We installed Dr. Robert Jarvik’s artificial heart in a mannequin and brought it to life, only… — Dark Jar Tin Zoo Copy Share Image
I cannot tell you how proud watching that [Iraqi] war coverage makes me. I know a lot of people are saying that… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Today we care about budgets more than anything. Our American future hangs on the ability of government to cut budget. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Insofar as the church fails to do the will of God, I am called upon to help it discover and to do… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
The two pillars of 'political correctness' are: a) willful ignorance b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you do deals with France involved, you want to make sure that the government endorses your deal, understands the strategic rationale. — Rajeev Suri Copy Share Image
The Costa Rican government is prioritizing laying fiber optic over paving roads. Costa Rica is trying to become one of the Internet… — Reed Hastings Copy Share Image
Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Teachers have power. We may cripple them by petty economics; by Government regulations, by the foolish criticism of an uninformed press; but… — Winifred Holtby Copy Share Image
Tamil people are generally considered very intelligent. But there, politics runs in a different way. Movie stars have a larger-than-life image in… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve, the Treasury, all the regulator agencies - if there's a problem of the financial mechanism in society, the only… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement..access to the outside world is preventing more censorship. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“Governance as strategy . For some researchers, the central purpose of governance is strategic. It is a mechanism for ensuring that the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It makes perfect political sense. We have reached the point where ignorance and neglect are the best we can hope for in… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I realized that becoming a doctor, I can only help a small community. But by becoming a politician, I can help my… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The only way to eliminate any government choice on what art is worthwhile, what art isn't worthwhile, is to get the government… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
What is understood by republican government in the United States is the slow and quiet action of society upon itself. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I'm a bit too old for anarchy. If I was younger I might be more political but I'm married with kids and… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The one thing government has which we (you or I or any corporation) DON'T have, is the ability to use deadly force… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock… — Bob Geldof Copy Share Image
The fact is, Missouri's budget is broken. For decades, insiders, special interests, lobbyists and prior politicians have made a mess of our… — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
All modern U.S. presidents are perforce politicians, prisoners of their past pronouncements, their party, their constituency, and their colleagues. — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Violence never settles anything should be debated by the ghosts of Hitler and Stalin, with the city fathers of Carthage as referees. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image