Politics can be a factor neither in shaping Islam nor directing Muslims' acts and attitudes in Islam's name. — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
Public employee unions are hardly the only group involved in bare-knuckles politics. Businesses lobby fiercely, and executives make hefty campaign donations. — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Where Reagan channeled disenchantment with overweening government, Obama symbolized America's transformation into a multiracial country. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves the government and you know it's really… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
“They greatest revolutionary act is not to oppose the government, but to oppose your parents, spouse and friends, and risk being alone,… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do. — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
The federal government has an exceptionally poor record of behaving responsibly with Americans' personal information when entrusted with it. — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
“Some defenders of FDR, such as economist Paul Krugman, blame the 1937–38 collapse on a reduction in government spending. In typical Keynesian… — Lawrence W. Reed Copy Share Image
To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you go to war with the United States,… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
They're willing to accept changes on the part of the U.S. that contribute to more money entering Cuba so they can benefit.… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“I have often wondered about a paradox in American government: Every four years, voters elect a president and in California a governor,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Americans expect the president to right the wrongs that plague us—and we blame him when he fails. Because we invest impossible expectations… — Gene Healy Copy Share Image
Building a smarter grid has long been a key part of our government's plan to modernize our energy infrastructure and provide clean,… — Bob Chiarelli Copy Share Image
Even a very brief tape-delay introduces a form of censorship into the broadcast - not direct governmental control, but it means that… — Frank Pierson Copy Share Image
If we don't stop immigration - this torrent of immigrants coming in - we're not going to be America anymore because most… — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
I do believe ultimately the role is of our state government to ensure every child in this state has a great public… — Gretchen Whitmer Copy Share Image
The political world is defined by relationships rather than transactions, and by numerous actors at home and abroad with independent power. Navigating… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
“The multitude," Cavendish says, "is always desirous of a change. They never see a great man set up but they must pull… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century, government agencies in Washington had, almost without exception, flatly refused to hire even one female. — David Brinkley Copy Share Image
Food history is as important as a baroque church. Governments should recognize cultural heritage and protect traditional foods. A cheese is as… — Carlo Petrini Copy Share Image
The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The day I get a credit card with a negative real interest rate is the day we can compare government debt to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
If the choice is between a political party and the well-being of their children, parents will choose their children - every time. — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
Some say that popular government is still only a theory, and it must be admitted that no one has yet found a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Both parties act in their political self-interest. Indeed, that's the purpose of a political party. But unlike Democrats, at least Republicans are… — Michael J. Knowles Copy Share Image
Changing the course of destiny, so I'm strapped with weaponry cause the government don't give a f-k about protecting me. — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
Religion gives us a place to stand outside politics, and without it we're vulnerable to a system in which the state defines… — R. R. Reno Copy Share Image
“I would give something to know for precisely whom the deeds were really done, of which it is publicly stated they were… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
I actually never thought that Barack Obama was anything but a typical Democratic party politician, which to me meant that he was… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
The majority of ground in the U.S. is owned by the federal government, and right now, very little of it is accessible… — Sam Graves Copy Share Image
“When it comes right down to it, this story is not primarily about spies and secret government agencies; it's about violence against… — Stieg Larrson Copy Share Image
“Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can’t bother about where they’re going.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Bush met with former President Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter is 76 years old, or as Democrats call him 'their bright new star… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
The world is not going to fall as long as there is confidence in governments and in banking institutions and the financial… — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Copy Share Image
With the growing influence of big money in politics, it's time for Congress to reform America's outdated campaign finance system. — Ben Ray Lujan Copy Share Image
Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
“Private ownerships of a ...slave chip is illegal in many polities. It tends to be a government monopoly, much like other forms… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims. - Harry… — Harry Hariom Choudhary Copy Share Image
