I'm always amazed how many politicians have a very unlikely story, and when I talk to groups of students, I remind them… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
“As an American, you make choices every day for others by supporting your government and its excursions or military actions into other… — Jacquelyn Frank Copy Share Image
If you're going to run around, Ms. Pelosi, and you're going to say Republicans like the war, then can we also assume… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Health care is one-sixth of our economy. If the government can control that, they can control just about everything. We need to… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
The basic problem is not political, it is apolitical and human. One of the most important things to do is to keep… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
While we face economic obstacles that challenge every decision made in Washington, decisions made merely for political gain must stop. It's time… — Nick Lampson Copy Share Image
Nothing is more deceptive or more dangerous than the pretence of a desire to simplify government. The simplest governments are despotisms; the… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The media are doing this, not because they have a sinister motive, but because they love to feel that they are influencing… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
“It is a regrettable fact that no government can ever be fully trusted to make the truly right choice when confronted by… — James Swallow Copy Share Image
Therefore those governing the State ought primarily to devote themselves to the service of individual groups and of the whole commonwealth, and… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
All of us can agree that we want government to work as well as possible, and we should all applaud efforts to… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
The era of appeasement must come to an end. The political and social demands that dissidents are making of the universities do… — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
It is an assumption brought forth countless of times in various contexts that the world would be better, drifting slower towards the… — Pentti Linkola Copy Share Image
In Germany, under the law everything is prohibited except that which is permitted. In France, under the law everything is permitted except… — Newton N. Minow Copy Share Image
I did love that scene in the movie [ "Our Brand Is Crisis"] because it's like "The Wizard of Oz." You see… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
I am concerned about the environment. I love to wear black. I think government is best when it stays out of people's… — Meghan McCain Copy Share Image
Overwhelming the majority of European citizens are unhappy with the social deal they get, yes; and that is why they are so… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
Culture constitutes an essential element of social and political liberation. As people rise up across the Middle East and North Africa, the… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
The truth is that I have never created a president to push a political point of view. I am often looking to… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
Politicians had always viewed environmental issues as narrow things of no great political consequence. Sort of NIMBY issues. A big part of… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
We ought to have more people who believe in constitutionally limited government. We have to have more people come to Congress with… — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
“Such racist theories, prominent and respectable for many decades, have become anathema among scientists and politicians alike. People continue to conduct a… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
What is the free market? Well, the free market, [we're told] is really a terrible, inhuman kind of arrangement, because it treats… — Ralph Raico Copy Share Image
[The American public demands] a sense of legitimacy from and in the presidency. There is more to this than dignity, more than… — James David Barber Copy Share Image
Imagine how a Teddy Kennedy or a Bill Clinton would take the news that one woman in ten, say, has the power… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
As a condition for entry into the Chinese market, Apple had to agree to the Chinese government's censorship criteria in vetting the… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
“Whereas during the primitive stage of capitalist accumulation “political economy considers the proletarian only as a worker,” who only needs to be… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
“Strange how things turn out. Two birds, one stone and all that.' McBlane chuckled at his own impromptu joke. 'But things have… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share Image
“Let us admit that some government programs and personnel are efficient and effective, and others are not. Let us acknowledge that when… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
I believe this nation hungers for a spiritual revival; hungers to once again see honor placed above political expediency; to see government… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Republican party must break with its long-established instinct for caution and make a bold stand for first principles of freedom and… — Tony Blankley Copy Share Image
The more a government strives to curtail freedom of speech, the more obstinately is it resisted; not indeed by the avaricious, ...… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
I am who I am. In politics when you treat people well and they know you're honest, straight and sincere, I think… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It's not odd these days to hear politicians trumpeting their own authenticity, a claim that an earlier day would have considered self-cancelling.… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
“Each culture is different. Each species is unique. That presents challenges to the warrior, who often must ascertain from limited clues the… — Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Copy Share Image
No political party is justified to continue in existence unless it clearly states the principles which it advocates, the platform upon which… — Henry D. Moyle Copy Share Image
But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticize the government. Once abolish the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“China’s critics rightly condemn the government for controlling public opinion in all sorts of ways, from imprisoning dissidents to censoring internet discussions.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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![“I did love that scene in the movie [ "Our Brand Is Crisis"] because it's like "The Wizard of Oz." You see the backstage action of politics. You have access to see behind the curtain. You see how it's all one big advertisement.” quote by Sandra Bullock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/sandra-bullock-985_access_i-did-love-that-scene-in-the-movie-our-b_2732593.jpg)
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![“[The American public demands] a sense of legitimacy from and in the presidency. There is more to this than dignity, more than propriety. The president is expected to personify our betterness in an inspiring way, to express in what he does and is, not just what he says, a moral idealism which, in…” quote by James David Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20d/james-david-barber-66990_demand_the-american-public-demands-a-sense-of-l_2614679.png)
