Prior to the 16th Amendment, which authorized the individual income tax, tariffs had been one of the federal government's chief sources of… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
“The beautiful disease and The government falls along the weed rooms flesh along the weed government . . .” — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
No politician after the Nixon-Agnew years would say, 'I was against the death penalty,' because they replaced 'soft on communism' with 'soft… — Mike Farrell Copy Share Image
Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the responsible use of marijuana by adults and it should be of no interest or concern… — Keith Stroup Copy Share Image
“Remember, my boy, I never fight for the pleasure of wielding weapons. War, for me, is simply politics by other means.” — Valerio Massimo Manfredi Copy Share Image
For a time, we forgot the American dream isn't one of making government bigger, it's keeping faith with the mighty spirit of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I wanted to choose the school where I want to send my kids to. So that's the way I got into politics.… — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
It becomes all therefore who are friends of a Government based on free principles to reflect, that by denying the possibility of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Well, in the past, the size of government was one of the more fundamental dividing lines between Right and Left. The Right… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because… — Josefina Vazquez Mota Copy Share Image
Britain is no longer one of the world's price setters. It is painful. It is a challenge to us in government to… — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
“The claimed legitimizing devices of political consent or personal labour served only to obscure the unjustifiable seizure of land from the common… — Peter Vallentyne Copy Share Image
“Why the conservatives, who controlled all three branches of the federal government, were still so enraged--at respectful skeptics of the Iraq War,… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
At the start of the eighties, Tony and I [Tony Wakefield was one of the original members of DIJ] were involved in… — Douglas Pearce Copy Share Image
Trump's lawyers are right that if a president does what he honestly thinks is simultaneously in his personal electoral and the national… — George T. Conway III Copy Share Image
We cannot comfort ourselves with the idea that young people will take a greater interest in our politics as they establish themselves… — Hilary Benn Copy Share Image
Politics is the womb in which war develops - where its outlines already exist in their hidden rudimentary form, like the characteristics… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
There is no limit to the hunger politicians have for the money you've worked so hard for. ... You can tell them… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
No, I’m not one (of those) people who votes for something then writes to the government to ask them to send us… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
It became extremely important that we go and see the four heads of the governments, and the message was delivered, with the… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
I disapproved of the fact that the government here refused to adopt the few reforms that Gorbachev put over in the field… — Stefan Heym Copy Share Image
Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly… — Mark Poster Copy Share Image
The time is fast coming when politicians will cease to fear the religion of humanity and humanitarians will find entrance into political… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. — Adrian Cronauer Copy Share Image
I must try desperately to absorb all information I can about the Middle East. I want to excel. I want to speak… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
There's a suspicion always about politicians. The suspicion level is really elevated and it just feels like people do not trust their… — Christopher Michael Cillizza Copy Share Image
I want to give my compliments to Australia. Ever since your government paid a few million dollars for a Jackson Pollack painting,… — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
Twitter has made a huge, positive difference in my life, and changed the landscape of politics in multiple countries I studied, including… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
I don't like it, to be honest, when politicians make a big thing of their religious beliefs, so I don't make a… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Human beings have a right to change their consciousness, and it is unconscionable and absolutely wrong for any government or any person… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Belarus will become the first government in the world that opens wide opportunities for the use of blockchain technology. — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
“And the whole mess had been made possible by middle America’s relentless appetite— for bigger houses, bigger portfolios, bigger government programs, bigger… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
Over the course of history, governments, political regimes, and leaders have done some stupid things despite all arguments to the contrary, at… — James Carville Copy Share Image
If it turns out that President Barack Obama can make a deal with the most intransigent, hard-line, unreasonable, totalitarian mullahs in the… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I'm an Internet expert too. It's all right to wire the industrial zone only, but there are many problems if other regions… — Kim Jong Il Copy Share Image
The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
It's an article of faith in Tinseltown: when liberals get mired in scandal, it's because they are tragically flawed; when conservatives get… — James Carafano Copy Share Image
“In other words, the government of the democracy is the only one under which the power which lays on taxes escapes the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I am tired of a life of contention, and of being the personal object for the hatred of every man, who hates… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image