Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound… — Malcolm Turnbull Copy Share Image
“Show me a single nation in the world with character, and whose country is ruled by fascists! That's impossible, because it's only… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“Lack of respect for the incompetent central government, along with language, religious, and cultural differences, will loom more and more significantly as… — Robert Goddard Copy Share Image
I think if you look at where things are in this current political climate, you'll see that everything is polarized. Everyone has… — Robert Schenkkan Copy Share Image
In terms of how Iranians see the U.S. government, that's a difficult question. But in terms of how Iranians see Americans, there… — Jason Rezaian Copy Share Image
We need early warning systems, technologies to deflect an asteroid - and we need political preparedness as well. It needs to be… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
“It is part of the received doctrine of modern biography that all characters are Flawed, and as a Christian priest I am… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“We will never know peace in the world without balance. And we will never know balance without justice for all. Yet justice… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The government has departments to deal with the special interest groups that make themselves heard and felt. A Department of Agriculture cares… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think things out for himself, without regard to… — Henry Louis Mencken Copy Share Image
We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob… [The organized moneyed people] are… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Washington, D.C. is what is broken, not the immigration policies. We have good laws. We have people suffer every day because of… — Russell Pearce Copy Share Image
I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“And yet, Lacedaemonians, you still delay, and fail to see that peace stays longest with those, who are not more careful to… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
“This brings us to the crux moment in the supposed 'Show Trial' melodrama. Employing the confusing and confused testimony of Jude Wanniski… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
To win in November, Republican candidates must show they are in touch with voter concerns about growth, jobs, paychecks, government spending and… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
As in the game of billiards, the balls are constantly producing effects from mere chance, which the most skillful player could neither… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It is also in despair of being able to understand or make any productive contribution to the highly organised chaos of our… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
“Do we want to live in a cosmetically updated version of midcentury Virginia, in a country that so elevates property rights as… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share Image
The gap between what one knows and what one thinks one knows may be higher in the ranks of the elite. The… — Arnold Kling Copy Share Image
“In politics democracy itself is at stake in this world of high-speed always-on news. Political reporters pronounce sudden verdicts upon the politicians… — Ian Hargreaves Copy Share Image
The illegitimate money made by corrupt public servants and the power that it gives them is then also used to perpetuate them… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
Those who have to face persistent political persecution become highly politicized. Our lives take on a rhythm different from those who, on… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“Extraterrestrials, or possibly even the U.S. government, stopped reality for all practical purposes in the 1970s. In other words, they want us… — Laurence Galian Copy Share Image
“While the popular understanding of anarchism is of a violent, anti-State movement, anarchism is a much more subtle and nuanced tradition then… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“where is the poetry of resistance, the poetry of honorable defiance unafraid of lies from career politicians and business men, not respectful… — Haki R. Madhubuti Copy Share Image
The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“In case there was any doubt, there is a secret government agency that monitors all the things that normal government agencies vehemently… — Jordan Krumbine Copy Share Image
I think we need a politics that allows us to risk what is intelligible. To be maybe slightly unintelligible, too be slightly… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
One year ago, on this occasion, I called your attention to the abuses that had crept into the distribution of our public… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
I am kind of a sucker for democracy, so I do think that what kinds of citizens we have in our societies… — Sheila Jasanoff Copy Share Image
Speaking of Germany in 1933, I don't think you can remove yourself from politics when, in so many countries - the United… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
“Yet the possibility of information storage, beyond what men and governments ever had before, can make available at the touch of a… — Francis A. Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“Government observers, keen on getting the Penan out of the valuable hardwood forests, have claimed that Penan health is poor and that… — Eric Hansen Copy Share Image
This is an effort to have government coerce, force speech and behavior. And it's being pushed and advocated by the gay community.… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
“About half the global economy is living beyond not only its means but its diminished number of children's means. Instead of addressing… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
I come from a state that has virtually no gun control. And yet, at political peril, I voted for an instant background… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
You have politicians in the U.S. who think they know the best ways to govern communities, but they've never been in these… — RaMell Ross Copy Share Image
“The mistake is to assume that rulers who came to power through institutions cannot change or destroy those very institutions--even when that… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image