The sole missing link is the recognition that the acquisition of capital ownership by the millions is an indispensable goal. That is… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
“From her character in the HBO miniseries: "The art of politics is the art of applying the seat of the britches to… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
People always think American politics is very different, but usually it is a predictor of what happens in the politics elsewhere. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
I understand how bureaucracies work. And that's important because our government has become a vast, huge, bloated, corrupt bureaucracy. — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
On my honor, I swear to you, that from my first day in office to the last breath I draw, I will… — John McCain Copy Share Image
You need not be proud of me… I'm only being active till you can be again--it isn't such a great desire on… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nowhere has democracy ever worked well without a great measure of local self-government, providing a school of political training for the people… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“The whole village has been drunk for the last three days. And as for feast days, it is simply horrible to think… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Lobbying is not a bad thing. I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have lobbyists or we shouldn't have lobbying to… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
“Political campaigns, substantially based on volunteer help, attract a range of silly, needy, and opportunistic figures. The Trump campaign perhaps scraped lower… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“The first and oldest of these traditions is tribe-like politics. I use the term “tribe-like” to refer to a pre-modern form of… — Thomas L. Friedman Copy Share Image
While we always strive to reach 218 with Republican votes, sometimes that is not possible with divided government, and the story of… — Steve Scalise Copy Share Image
“This is what you get when you found a political system on the family values of Henry VIII. At a point in… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
That line, about half of somebody's supporters being deplorables, was maybe the worst line I've ever heard in politics. You never -… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
“Entirely in accordance with what education is supposed to be. Education is the sum of what students teach each other in between… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
MPs must be able to represent the best interests of their constituents and their country by holding the government to account. — Heidi Allen Copy Share Image
When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
[On political correctness:] Any intended message mattered less than the received message, and every received message could be interpreted in whatever way… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
If you're going to make sense of politics you have to have a historical perspective and also recognise that you have to… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
What people do who go into politics I can't think; it drives me almost mad to see mismanagement over only a few… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“So where it is a general rule that it is wrong to gratify lovers, this can be attributed to the defects of… — Plato Copy Share Image
While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
... politics are nothing but sand and gravel: it is art and life that feed us until we die. Everything else is… — Louise Bogan Copy Share Image
“If a shipment of ground beef somehow gets contaminated with pathogens, our federal government does not have authority to recall the beef,… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Whatever politicians, activists and manipulators propose, it is the phlegmatic, indifferent, ingrained electorate which disposes. — Don Aitkin Copy Share Image
I am a mere filmmaker. I am not even aligned to any political party. I vote for the Congress party, and I… — Mahesh Bhatt Copy Share Image
As long as the government can arbitrarily decide which substances are legal and which are illegal, then those who remain behind bars… — Paul Krassner Copy Share Image
If we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too late; if we act as individuals, it'll be too little; but… — Rob Hopkins Copy Share Image
Democrats believe people are basically good but must be saved from themselves by the government. Republicans believe people are basically bad but… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
Labour will only survive in government if we can restore the sense of mission upon which it was founded. — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
Political Economy as a branch of science is extremely modern; but the subject with which its enquiries are conversant has in all… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
Like many across government, the FTC is watching closely as the release of sophisticated AI tools creates both opportunities and risks. — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
Governments are like underwear. They start smelling pretty bad if you don't change them once in a while. — Margaret Murray Copy Share Image
The people I look up to the most - politicians, actors, artists - are the people who manage to do a high-powered… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
The latest political rumor, North Korea ruler Kim Jong Il is close to naming his successor. Yeah, he said the only person… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
We should reduce total government spending as a percentage of the economy. The left wants to focus on the deficit so they… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
“Securities Act [of 1933] will be fully justified if it drives the government into the investment banking” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The thing that I am looking for in the next presidential election is a female that represents the people and not toxic… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image