If the president is the head of the American body politic, Congress is its gastrointestinal tract. Its vast and convoluted inner workings… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
“In this martial world dominated by men, women had little place. The Church's teachings might underpin feudal morality, yet when it came… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
Italy remained attached to conservatism. It had a political class that lived in the past and didn't build the future. The past… — Matteo Renzi Copy Share Image
The government isn't going to say, "We're going to regulate banks, but we'll leave these other companies alone." I think the regulators… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the… — Henry A. Wallace Copy Share Image
The British Government very naturally would like to see in India the form of democratic constitutions it knows best and thinks best,… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
Stepan Arkadyevitch had not chosen his political opinions or his views; these political opinions and views had come to him of themselves,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Politics is beginning to gather itself into an election season in which the price of a candidate's haircuts will be as important… — Charles P. Pierce Copy Share Image
Subsidies and mandates are just two of the privileges that government can bestow on politically connected friends. Others include grants, loans, tax… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Government bonds have basically been sold in the domestic market, so there is some sense of stability, but the amount of public… — Yoshihiko Noda Copy Share Image
Al Gore's problem, in my view, is that he never liked politics. He's actually deeply uncomfortable in it but felt he had… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, the less privileged groups in democratic society, as they become aware of their interests and their political power, will be… — Gunnar Myrdal Copy Share Image
My life is about politics, a lot of about music, and a lot about things other than acting. I like traveling the… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
It is true that we need a consensus to go forward with restoring passenger rail in America, and often a consensus is… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
I am interested in the political economy of institutional power relationships in transition. The question is one of "reconstructive" communities as a… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
When the media and even people within our own party treat minorities as a single voting block, it is a shocking display… — Leslyn Lewis Copy Share Image
It is curious that people tend to regard government as a quasi-divine, selfless, Santa Claus organization. Government was constructed neither for ability… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you have your own currency, you have your own governance, so each currency becomes their own mini-government. Mini-government is a big… — William Mougayar Copy Share Image
The day after the Republican convention ended, there was another political bomb that was dropped on the U.S. presidential election [2016] from… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
I think U.S. citizens are trained at a young age to fully inhale the system, the rhetoric and ideologies surrounding democracy, capitalism,… — Alix Olson Copy Share Image
Ideal government would be a very boring job - it would be a matter of organizing a lot of utilities and keeping… — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
One of the major causes of poverty is a lack of family planning. Governments and nonprofit organizations need to encourage poor people… — Philip Kotler Copy Share Image
I consider the concept of a global mean temperature to be somewhat dubious. A single number cannot adequately capture climate c hange.… — Craig F. Bohren Copy Share Image
No government can love a child, and no policy can substitute for a family's care. But at the same time, government can… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Committed partisans are generally the most knowledgeable voters, independents the least. And the more political knowledge people have, the more apt they… — George Will Copy Share Image
We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Working very closely with the Mexican government and international organizations in Mexico, we have developed a virtual platform that enables individuals with… — Alejandro Mayorkas Copy Share Image
We're seeing something fairly remarkable happen on the political train. We're seeing the Washington establishment abandoning Marco Rubio. I think they've made… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I'm well aware… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“The trouble with Malaysia, however, is that whenever someone criticises the administration of the country, argues against the government's policies, exposes wrongdoing,… — Brian Yap Copy Share Image
I think that all politicians who aspire to the presidency are a little nuts, but for different reasons. What kind of person… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
The big frustration for me is that people are growing so cynical about politics that you see them basically shrug and say,… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
You know well that government always kept a kind of standing army of newswriters who, without any regard to truth or to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Even the dumber parts of our government are not run by idiots. These are ordinary people like us, doing a job. By… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It's seriously unfortunate when an elected official of the federal government says she's [Michelle Bachmann] going to deliberately break the law. I… — Kenneth Prewitt Copy Share Image
It bodes very ill for government when men are exalted to places of high trust through their own solicitations. He only fills… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
To win elections, politicians have promised practically endless government spending and covered up the cost, leaving generations of taxpayers obligated to pay… — David Malpass Copy Share Image
“The welfare state and its funding are at the center of current political debate in the United States. Today, the country is… — Werner Neff Copy Share Image
In the Obama administration's Washington, government officials are increasingly afraid to talk to the press. The administration's war on leaks and other… — Leonard Downie, Jr Copy Share Image
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