“above all, Locke’s transforming idea that government was established and maintained by the consent of the governed, in which all men had… — James MacGregor Burns Copy Share Image
If Trump wants to corruptly direct the conduct of an investigation in order to out an FBI source who was helping our… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
People constantly speak of 'the government' doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the government is… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“I wonder of what you must daily endure in America, having no government to protect you, no one to tell you what… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
It's so interesting that when I finished 'The X-Files' in 2002, the - call it the political and cultural climate in America… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
Public life, politics and industry should all of them be within our sphere of influence… If we are to infiltrate the professional… — John Rawlings Rees Copy Share Image
Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the most outstanding. Its ability to annihilate distance… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Racism is not about hurtful words, bruised feelings, political correctness, or refusing to call short people 'vertically challenged.' Racism is about the… — Dave Zirin Copy Share Image
The primary source of waste in government is that legislators are often under heavy pressure to vote for projects that will benefit… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
One of the reasons MSNBC is plummeting is that I, not long ago, refused to play any content from them. I figured,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The [Bernie] Sanders campaign became the center of a good old-fashioned political controversy. His coverage went from no news to bad news… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton has perfected the politics of personal profit and theft. She ran the State Department like her own personal hedge fund… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Nigel Farage, even if you don't follow British politics, he's a British politician but you may recognize him from his frequent visits… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
Let us not confuse objectives with methods. Too many so-called leaders of the nation fail to see the forest because of the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I think with Donald Trump we're seeing the sort of utterly vanished line at long last of enter - between entertainment and… — Frank Bruni Copy Share Image
“Even if you hadn't entirely deposed (and possibly killed) not one but two governments and destabilized all sorts of political regions you… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Gorbachev's administration was amazingly politically naïve, inexperienced and irresponsible towards the country. It was not governance but a thoughtless renunciation of power.… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer,… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
What's to be believed? Or does it matter at all? When mass murder's been answered with mass murder, rape with rape, hate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Unless institutional power reinforces the hurt and prejudice suffered by a group, it is not oppression. By definition, a person of color… — Linda Stout Copy Share Image
A big factor is that the enthusiast camp's values are really rooted in Silicon Valley and in these supposedly new business models.… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
“For her part, Joanne would be considering exactly what and how much she could tell him—which, in theory, was nothing. The British… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
Government, we are sometimes told, is just another word for things we choose to do together. Like a lot of things politicians… — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
Jefferson, though the secret vote was still unknown at the time had at least a foreboding of how dangerous it might be… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
We find two great gangs of political speculators, who alternately take possession of the state power and exploit it by the most… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikaner mind set of the Unionist… — John Hume Copy Share Image
We need to reclaim our American system of limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money, which has blessed us with… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Big government is indeed big, and like another big creature, the sauropod dinosaur, government has a primitive nervous system: The fact of… — George Will Copy Share Image
Aesthetics have substantial political consequences. How one views oneself as beautiful or not beautiful or desirable or not desirable has deep consequences… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“what is lacking in leadership today . “Courage and honesty,” he says. “People are not willing to tell people what it is… — Patrick Hanlon Copy Share Image
Have I always agreed with my Southern, military, Mormon family? Absolutely not. Have we always figured out how to get along? Yes!… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
I know that we have to get in there and do something if we want to change the system and get a… — Sharmila Tagore Copy Share Image
When we are young, we spend much time and pains in filling our note-books with all definitions of Religion, Love, Poetry, Politics,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The '90s were extremely diverse, almost like a laboratory of the new century. There was much experimenting around, in politics, economics, gender… — Jil Sander Copy Share Image
In America, the new post-postmodern politician is all about authenticity: the daffier you are, the 'realer' you must be. The more you… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
I'm conscious of race whenever I'm writing, just as I'm conscious of class, religion, human psychology, politics — everything that makes up… — Dwayne McDuffie Copy Share Image
“The first thing politicians ask after these tragedies is essentially: “What can we do to limit the freedom of the people?” And… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
Always moved by religious motives, the Church has condemned the various forms of Marxist Socialism; and she condemns them today, because it… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
There is a sense that science and politics are incompatible. I don't think so at all. I think it's important that scientists… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
The U.S. government uses cash accounting. That is illegal for any enterprise of any size in America except for the U.S. government.… — Jim Cooper Copy Share Image