I am an adherent of the ideal of democracy, although I well know the weaknesses of the democratic form of government. Social… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Medieval England was a great military power with a sophisticated machinery of government, but her naval administration, at best improvised and for… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
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Reagan gave essentially the same speech from the beginning to the end of his political career, which was always, 'The American people… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
“Vladimir Ilyich (Lenin), your concrete actions are completely unworthy of the ideas you pretend to hold. Is it possible that you do… — Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“By hamstringing the ability of French governments to act in the interests of the French people – or, to put it more… — Bernard Connolly Copy Share Image
Independent of politics, the changing narrative on immigration is directly correlated to the fact that we have new technologies that are allowing… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
James Goldsmith is important because he used the power of the markets to break up the cosy patrician elite that ran Britain… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
Just when we need a strong government, what do we see? Division. Chaos. And failure. No credible plan for Brexit, no solution… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Sometimes the former forces are in the ascendance, and "democratic governance" is eroded, though anyone familiar with intellectual history would expect that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Bush DOJ lawyer Jack Goldsmith hailed what he called “an underappreciated phenomenon: the patriotism of the American press,” meaning that the domestic… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whether we're talking about what the role of the government is, what you think of the United Nations, political leaders or how… — Michael C Dawson Copy Share Image
It is time to remind Sharon that the star of David belongs to all Jews, not to his repulsive Government. His actions… — Gerald Kaufman Copy Share Image
“People will look at you, what you’re doing, rewriting the regiment rule book, and they’ll want to do the same for themselves.… — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“If you personally advocate that I be caged if I don't pay for whatever "government" things YOU want, please don't pretend to… — Larken Rose Copy Share Image
There's a big difference between the role of an academic and the role of someone in government. That's a cliche, but in… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
“And those rights are not to be lightly infringed upon by government in any way. They’re explicitly protected by the Constitution from… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
“When a government turns from following the will of its people to willing its people to follow — acting according to its… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
One of the greatest disasters that happened to modern civilization was for democracy to inscribe "liberty" on its banners instead of "justice."… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
It's important to ask candidates about their beliefs, in part because politicians frequently exploit religious faith - often with the idea that… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
“Such indirection and ambivalence typify the politics of Wong's work. He's not in any conventional sense an ideological filmmaker. "It's never been… — Wong Kar Wai, John Powers Copy Share Image
“the holy art of “giving for Jesus’ sake” ought to be much more strongly developed among us Christians. Never forget that all… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic.… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“All it takes is common sense to understand that the Rajapaksa administration has vandalised every layer of the country’s resources to get… — Nilantha Ilangamuwa Copy Share Image
When the coercive power of government is used to equalize incomes, it guarantees less prosperity across the board and spreads the misery,… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Our supporters just want a Labour government. They want a Labour government that does what Labour governments are expected to do. They… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
The government's appearing to be a necessary evil does not oblige people to trust it. We face a choice of trusting government… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Our respected so called nationalist friends forgot the history and re created the things as they wanted but failed to impress the… — Main Uddin Copy Share Image
“Laypeople complain about the rule of experts and they demand greater involvement in complicated national questions, but many of them only express… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image
Welcome to the age of paper money, where governments and central banks can manufacture as much money as they want without limit.… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
Network news accustoms audiences to assertion not argument. Over time, it reinforces the notion that politics is about visceral identification and apposition,… — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
Principles aren't something you hear much from politicians these days. Have you noticed? Right across the board, leaders, whatever the political coloring,… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
Many European countries, as well as Australia, Canada, Israel, and New Zealand, have adopted legislation that creates a 'public lending right', where… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The government spokesman announces that there is no truth in the charges of widespread corruption within the Cabinet; nobody believes him; he… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Some years ago a top Ford official was showing the late Walter Reuther through the very automates plant in Cleveland, Ohio and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“I think a great book—leaving aside other qualities such as narrative power, characterization, style, and so on—is a book that describes the… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
If India adopted the doctrine of love as an active part of her religion and introduced it in her politics. Swaraj would… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The thing we adore about these dog-whistle kerfuffles is that the people who react to the whistle always assume it's intended for… — James Taranto Copy Share Image
New Mexico is 2-to-1 Democrat. I got elected as a Republican. I think I did a great job of showing people that… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image