If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
The government shouldn't be in the business of subsidizing a business by allowing people to be paid starvation wages. — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
I see little hope for democracy as an effective form of government, but I admire the poetry of how it makes its… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Ordinary people need to lead and not sit there and think that governments are going to spoon-feed them and look after them… — Ian Kiernan Copy Share Image
Laws change more slowly than custom, and though dangerous when they fall behind the times are more dangerous still when they presume… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
Specialization makes the welfare of the society vulnerable to the market and to political forces beyond national control. — Robert Gilpin Copy Share Image
“Congo, vividly illustrates how political institutions determine economic institutions and, through these, the economic incentives and the scope for economic growth.” — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“Governments don't protect people, people protect governments." "Order is organic, it can’t just be ordered up." "The more complexity, the more unpredictability… — Lawrence Samuels Copy Share Image
When a peacekeeping operation is deployed, it is in support of a political process, it is part of an integrated approach. It… — Jean-Marie Guehenno Copy Share Image
“Intelligence is a capacity so godlike, so protean that it must be contained and disciplined. This is the work of politics—understood as… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
I've been involved in the intelligence side of the federal government for a long time. We all know that we have to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Israel is a country of six million people. They need the U.S. It used to be bipartisan on Israeli politics. You never… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Sarah Palin said perhaps the most irresponsible thing I've ever heard any politician say. She said, 'The only thing that stops a… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Tools may be animate as well as inanimate; for instance, a ship's captain uses a lifeless rudder, but a living man for… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The image of the world around us, which we carry in our head, is just a model. Nobody in his head imagines… — Jay Wright Forrester Copy Share Image
“The public must be reduced to passivity in the political realm, but for submissiveness to become a reliable trait, it must be… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I have sometimes heard men say politics must have nothing to do with business, and I have often wished that business had… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Our task is tough, and our time is limited. Party organizations and governments at all levels must give priority to emission reduction… — Hu Jintao Copy Share Image
“My final thought now is that as in religion and the arts, so in politics; if men do not balance their feelings… — Sean O'Faolain Copy Share Image
Politicians need to stop picking sides and come up with bold solutions where the safety and security of all citizens become a… — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
Unlike most politicians who speak only from their mind, Amar Singhji thinks and speaks both from his mind and heart. — Jaya Prada Copy Share Image
“I like to be able to open a can of stock and I like to talk about politics, or the movies, at… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Above all, ascribe no decent motives to the federal government. Always and everywhere, it is the enemy of truth. — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
I have no interest in owning a football club; I don't play golf; I don't like horseracing and I'd rather become a… — Lloyd Dorfman Copy Share Image
I know the President [Barack Obama]. I like him and respect him. That does not mean I agree with all of our… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
Scaremongering is an age-old political ritual. There are public officials who have benefited by playing up the 'hacker threat' so that they… — Charles Platt Copy Share Image
No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I am proud to represent the first explicitly feminist government in the world, and one that has been at the forefront of… — Isabella Lovin Copy Share Image
Would I get into politics? I'll just say what I tell people when they ask me this: Pray that everyday citizens like… — Kamal Haasan Copy Share Image
“politicians.’ It is much easier to live with the fantasy, because the fantasy gives meaning to the suffering. Priests discovered this principle… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Nothing compares to being in a room full of politicians screaming abuse at each other all night. It's hilarious but also a… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
So long as a man is faithful to himself, everything is in his favor, government, society, the very sun, moon, and stars. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
You can sometimes sneak a political joke in, which is sometimes the most effective place for a political joke - when it's… — Jeremy Hardy Copy Share Image
We should stop going around babbling about how we're the greatest democracy on earth, when we're not even a democracy. We are… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Our politicians screw up all the time, as we see. But with so many things, we're no longer the world leader in… — Peter Sagal Copy Share Image
“There is an intentional disregard for human health and safety in many government agencies that are tasked with protecting it.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
In America, economic, cultural and political power is dispersed. In the U.K., centralisation is a gift to the vested interests. — Steve Hilton Copy Share Image
If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions… — Brian Baird Copy Share Image
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