There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
It's very important that there should be cross-fertilisation between government and academia. Both parties can benefit from having a better understanding of… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The proper direction of man's thought is not toward the creation of new laws for government, but toward the acceptance of every… — Edmund Yates Copy Share Image
I have a rough time wanting to spend billions and billions and trillions of dollars to help people who won't help themselves,… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
The state itself becomes more and more identified with the interests of those who run things than with the interests of the… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
I just didn't have the desire to run for political office. There are other things that I like to do, and it… — Dorothy Bush Koch Copy Share Image
(A)nything not acting as a propaganda arm for the Democrats or the Leftist agenda is considered conservative these days. — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
You look at the pillars of the state: politics, the media, police, lawyers - they've all got their formal role, and then… — Tom A. Watson Copy Share Image
“The Republican Party has used objection, obstruction, and filibustering not only to block the necessary processes of government but also in order… — Mike Lofgren Copy Share Image
“Being exposed to those beauty queens and Praying Mantises at the same time made me ask myself some hard questions. Would I… — Camryn Manheim Copy Share Image
“New Rule: America has every right ot bitch about gas prices suddenly shooting up. How could we have known? Oh, wait, there… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
We will end the politics of profit. We will end the rule of special interests. We will end the raiding of our… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow.… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Copy Share Image
Whether it is in the United States or in mainland Europe, written constitutions have one great weakness. That is that they contain… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
In the modern world, in which thousands of people are dying every hour as a consequence of politics, no writing anywhere can… — John Berger Copy Share Image
“Dudes in suits and politicians didn't make sense to my 18-year-old brain. All I wanted to do was be awesome.” — Ronen Kauffman Copy Share Image
Leaving politics was a good thing. I was spared a miserable Tory government where I might have ended up as leader. — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
The government's approach in extending support to athletes for international competitions has undergone a transformational change. — Anurag Thakur Copy Share Image
Nina Turner had burned a lot of bridges in local Cleveland politics years ago, and voters have long memories. — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
Provincial governments in Canada have terminated the positions of marriage commissioners who have, for personal religious convictions, not performed same sex marriages.… — Stockwell Day Copy Share Image
Today, people call each other 'guys' - this derives from Guy Fawkes, the bomb-making terrorist. No greater tribute has ever been paid… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I was not a political animal; I could not toady up to the committee men, pour drinks down their necks at the… — Geoffrey Boycott Copy Share Image
I wake up most days with a vague feeling of doom - 'Dear God. Here I am again.' Then, when I read… — Bruce Robinson Copy Share Image
Every state that addresses climate change emboldens the others, just as shifting public attitudes embolden politicians and, arguably, the court system. — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
“Political activists rarely like fiction of any kind. Literature is about ambiguity, mixed emotions, and guilty pleasures. Politics is about ideals and… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Politics is an art and not a science, and what is required for its mastery is not the rationality of the engineer… — Hans J. Morgenthau Copy Share Image
In history-as-politics, the 'future' is that vacuum in time waiting to be filled with the antics of statesmen. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Art has political consequences, which is to say, it reorganizes society and creates constituencies of people around it. — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
“When it comes to politicians, the question is not ‘Are they corrupt?’, but rather ‘How corrupt are they?’.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
The trouble with you and me my friend, is the trouble with this nation, too many blessings, too little Appreciation. — Don Henley Copy Share Image
It will be interesting to see if they accept the idea that not only actual corruption in politics needs to be addressed,… — Larry Noble Copy Share Image
There is so much chaos and dysfunction going on with the federal government that Dallas can't wait any longer for federal help. — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
