“Washington” has become for many a dirty word that connotes self-serving politicians and devious lobbyists. To be sure, they are there, but… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I believe in humanity - not just you or Mother, but all mankind. Do I sound like a preacher or a cheap… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
The government of Qatar, as I mentioned, has proposed to come and lease Kenya's Tana River delta in order to farm there.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
It's a political and manipulative industry. Actors vie for the same roles, movies are snatched away. Have I ever been manipulated? Yes.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
While I was studying film at the Academy, the problems started. I wasn't a political activist directly in the time of Saddam… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague… — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
“And in that dismal restaurant, surrounded by the simple government clerks who sat there repairing the wear and tear of their humble… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“I think being a liberal, in the true sense, is being nondoctrinaire, nondogmatic, non-committed to a cause - but examining each case… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
I'm looking for a Justice who appreciates the awesome responsibility that she will be given, if confirmed. A Justice who understands the… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
The instrument by which it [government] must act are either the AUTHORITY of the laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The reason territorial monarchs failed time after time against maritime powers was not that absolutist, non-consensual governments were incapable of building great… — Peter Padfield Copy Share Image
“The great thing about libertarianism is that it is a political superstructure in which most other political philosophies can operate. No other… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It has not been the style of Canadian politicians to write of their experiences, although it is the common practice for British,… — Judy LaMarsh Copy Share Image
When you are guaranteed you will win, you can take very inflammatory, very extreme positions. If you have to run in a… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
When you're in government, of course, you have protection and you have people who are looking out for your wellbeing, but you… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I've never been a passive political supporter. My grandmother, Betty Kleitz , god bless her soul, was from Tuskegee, Alabama, took parts… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Now, I've always known that there were bullies in the world. We've seen a lot of it in politics lately as well… — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
“So if you're anti-war, be pro-peace instead. If you're antihunger, be pro-people having more than enough to eat. If you are anti-a-particular… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
I mean, I'm from the Joan Rivers, Don Rickles kind of old-school comedy in that nothing is off the table, certainly not… — Randy Rainbow Copy Share Image
No diplomatic intervention will ever be made by any government that I lead in support of any individual terrorist's life. We have… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
It is unclear how disarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout… — Rick Scott Copy Share Image
“What is all the enormous amount of activity spent uselessly in politics every day but an expression of the need to lend… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
I started using my blog to get information about cities I was about to visit, asking followers what the main problems there… — Beppe Grillo Copy Share Image
When I need to take a side, I write a newspaper article and I tell my government, "You should not do that,… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
And it's absolutely hypocritical for the political party that talks about states rights, to suddenly ignore states rights, that say that the… — Gary Ackerman Copy Share Image
Politics becomes a part of a writer's working life. The writer's protagonists are born in the context of the feelings that this… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Democratic politics is about persuasion, not self-expression. I’m here, I’m queer will never provoke more than a pat on the head or… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, became the first incumbent president to increase his majority in both the Senate… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
In America, where the electoral process is drowning in commercial techniques of fund-raising and image-making, we may have completed a circle back… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
President Obama has called for economic and political empowerment of women globally. The Equal Futures Partnership promotes removal of policy, legal, and… — Lael Brainard Copy Share Image
The Tea Party represents stakeholders in the American system; people who were never involved in politics or thought they had to be,… — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
“Talking of politics, I would like to reiterate that Arabs are people. By that I mean they are not merely an anonymous… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
In my heart I know you didn't come here just for me, you came here because you believe in what this country… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If I had political responsibility, I would want to prepare for a plan B that would foresee that the European currency union,… — Peer Steinbruck Copy Share Image
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