The report produced by my commission, the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security, in 2012 showed the corrosive impact of money… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“STARTUP THINKING New technology tends to come from new ventures—startups. From the Founding Fathers in politics to the Royal Society in science… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
In one way or another, this is the oldest story in America: the struggle to determine whether "we, the people" is a… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
“Contrary to the media circus which portrayed politicians as all-powerful figures, Kentbridge knew from experience the vast majority of US Government officials… — James Morcan, Lance Morcan Copy Share Image
“They have clubbed us off the streets they are stronger they are rich they hire and fire the politicians the newspapereditors the… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
“Most of Senators loves their job, with all the perks and influence it carried, but doesn’t hesitate about complaining how dreadful living… — Krzysztof Pacyński Copy Share Image
Prominent and influential editors, accustomed to deal with politicians, men of an infinitely lower grade, say, in their ignorance,that he acted "on… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When all Americans believe that the people we elect deserve to be in power, that their conduct in office is worthy of… — Joe Sestak Copy Share Image
Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
President Eisenhower saw it coming, and it is here. Patriotism no longer exists among many of these corporations. Some companies have more… — Byron Dorgan Copy Share Image
I was never interested in the two-party system per se. I was interested in how authority was abused by government, and how… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
Private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information. It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“An availability cascade is a self-sustaining chain of events, which may start from media reports of a relatively minor event and lead… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In… — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
The bloody years of war and all the atrocities in European history have taught the Europeans that secular politics free of religious… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Obviously, there are political operatives that are playing a role. It doesn't mean it shouldn't be denounced. All candidates should say, we… — Kimberly Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
If, in my retirement to the humble station of a private citizen, I am accompanied with the esteem and approbation of my… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“ What is a woman's place in this modern world? Jasnah Kholin's words read. I rebel against this question, though so many… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
What is happening in politics today is a similar process to what happened in the medical world a few decades ago: realizing… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Modern politics is like watching a film with only bad guys. It soon starts to get really boring, because one of the… — Martinus Hendrikus Benders Copy Share Image
Governments move armies, but only individuals can move hearts. And with every act of love that emanates from any of us, we… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
What bitter anguish would not the people of Athens have often escaped if their government had contained so provident a safeguard against… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
One can understand the politics of that at this moment. It's an effort to buy time for a constituency of workers who… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
When the government takes more money out of the pockets of middle class Americans, entrepreneurs, and businesses, it lessens the available cash… — Fabrizio Moreira Copy Share Image
“Suffragists had often staged political “pageants” in which they wore sashes emblazoned “Votes for Women.” But 1921, the year following the ratification… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
I think that it’s premature to call Libya a democracy because political order is still so fragile there and the command by… — Larry Diamond Copy Share Image
“I had no idea we planned to be so ruthless." "It was not publicized or even discussed with the political arm of… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If the administration asks for $5 and Congress appropriates $4, that's what they get. If the government creates a subterfuge by going… — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image
Now a confirmed atheist, I've become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work… — Matthew Parris Copy Share Image
For two years now, my office has had the honour and the privilege of sponsoring seminars on the functioning of government in… — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
Our government should do everything it can to ensure the successful prosecution of those responsible for the murders of U.S. citizens abroad.… — Tim Bishop Copy Share Image
In my opinion, this vicious circle will be broken by history itself. Because sticking to the current form of governance, which is… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
There are some militarists who say: ‘We are not interested in politics but only in the profession of arms.’ It is vital… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Lincoln was a modernizer, so to speak. He believed in economic development. As a Whig before the war he favored what we… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
“Young Tchitcherine was the one who brought up political narcotics. Opiates of the people. Wimpe smiled back. An old, old smile to… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“Sigils are monograms of thought, for the government of energy (all hereditary crests, monograms, etc., are Sigils and represent the Karmas they… — Austin Osman Spare Copy Share Image
The question is...whether we shall, by whatever means, succeed in reconstituting the natural world as the true terrain of politics, rehabilitating the… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
“we have one weakness that, considering our political maturity as a nation, is rather immature. We continue to expect the world to… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
But I also want to change the dynamics of this debate, which has kept us gridlocked into positions which caused people to… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“Start with the first half of Phillips’ statement, the claim that economic issues favored the Democrats when government programs “taxed the few… — Ian Haney López Copy Share Image