While the government underwrote the West more than any other region, the myth claimed that hardworking Western cowboys and settlers wanted nothing… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
“while public spending more than doubled under the financially incontinent Gordon Brown and Ed Balls from £322bn to over £700bn, the number… — David Craig Copy Share Image
“and intellectual world or by political and financial elites. Hence they must set aside their contempt for other disciplines and their absurd… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Grassroots Tea Party activism therefore marries participatory engagement and considerable learning about the workings of government with factually ungrounded beliefs about the… — Thdea Skocpol Copy Share Image
In America, we have anti-nepotism laws in the federal government and in lots of state governments, because the practice of hiring relatives… — Kathleen Clark Copy Share Image
I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
If I'm sure of a person and his potential in politics, and if I know he will live up to his promises,… — Arjun Rampal Copy Share Image
“And yet, for all its faults as a system of indirect government, the Union has certain interesting and original attributes. Decisions and… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
“All past governments degenerated and abused the powers given to them: Why would the proposed Congress be better than “myriads of publick… — William Symmes Copy Share Image
The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction; that to suffer the civil magistrate to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I don't set out to transmit a message. I don't write with a political point of view. There are no religious overtones.… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
The American experiment is not a theocracy and does not establish an official religion, but the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution… — William H. Pryor, Jr Copy Share Image
Providing financial incentives for both local communities and national governments to conserve and restore forests also makes sense. It will put an… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
“Why, how can you ask such a question? You are a republican." A republican! Yes; but that word specifies nothing. Res publica;… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
“Bush invited his constituency to be blind to the world's real problems, and leftists often do the opposite, gazing so fixedly at… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Trump is a partner for us who cannot be easily categorized. Putting it in the noblest way possible, his understanding of politics… — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
Modern Democrats aren't the first political party to abuse power - far from it. Obama isn'€™t the first president to abuse executive… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
Marco [Rubio] is a gifted politician. He is incredibly gifted. And he needs to be able to do his job. He's going… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
“To govern a society shared by people of emotion, people of reason, and everybody in between—as well as people who think their… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It has always been a source of serious reflection and sincere regret with me that the youth of the United States should… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Things have changed in Latin America now. We mostly have democratic governments in Latin America, so the position of the writer has… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
“Democratic and aristocratic states are not in their own nature free. Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments; and… — Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Of all the numerous forms that governments have taken over the centuries, of all the concepts and institutions that have been tried,… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Political change and academic change and intellectual change are obviously crucial, but they don't necessarily change society. They can change a particular… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Muslims have their own traditions. The important point to bear in mind is that the whole Muslim tradition is totally and unequivocally… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is not in the outward and visible world of material life that the Celtic genius of Wales or Ireland can at… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“Please search among your staffs and find me an expert on Russia. Find me someone who speaks the language, who is up-to-date… — Lee Mandel Copy Share Image
The older I get the more I'm convinced that it's the purpose of politicians and journalists to say the world is very… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
Once we realize that government doesn't work, we'll know that the only way to improve government is by reducing its size -… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The Blair government perhaps ranks as the best the U.K. has had for 50 years. It cannot match the scale of Attlee's… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
I think people are just really disappointed, disappointed with Blair as well, who's just like Bush's lapdog. I think everyone's just disillusioned… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
“Have you ever noticed that autistic adults who apply on their own for disability benefits from the government –no matter where they… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
No other advanced nation endures this kind of violence. None. Here in America, the murder rate is three times what it is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Right now, a majority of the debt is owed to foreign interests, Japan being the largest purchaser of government debt today, soon… — Ron Kind Copy Share Image
Revolutionary politics, revolutionary art, and oh, therevolutionary mind, is the dullest thing on earth. When we open a revolutionary review, or read… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
The idea that RBI will be able to make a big transfer to the government was misplaced. It was a very good… — Gita Gopinath Copy Share Image
The legacy of the New Del was, more than anything else, a matter of ideological change. Henceforth, nearly everyone would look to… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image