“It was not desirable for the proles to have strong political feelings. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I don't think that 'The Weight of the World' is all about politics. It's like, how the environment and how the natural… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Our government is deeply disordered; its credit is impaired; its debt increasing; its expenditures extravagant and wasteful; its disbursements without efficient accountability;… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
New fathers, political prisoners, traumatised presidential aides, resolute schoolboys, MEPs addressing unfriendly chambers - we all find that Shakespeare has magically anticipated… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will is the supreme law. It is sometimes sneeringly said by those… — William McKinley Copy Share Image
I just think the idea of moving away from the body and discovering sensuality by skimming the body, not tightening the body,… — Prabal Gurung Copy Share Image
We now have political chaos. We've got parties in Ireland saying they want to merge with Northern Ireland. You've got parties in… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
It's easy to talk about our system not functioning. It's actually functioning exactly the way we've designed it to function by giving… — Mickey Edwards Copy Share Image
We chose more freedom instead of more government. We chose the principles of our founding to solve the challenges of our time.… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia!" and that was from the government. And… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Stimulus spending, permanent bailouts, government takeovers, and federal mandates have all failed our nation. America's employers are afraid to invest in an… — Geoff Davis Copy Share Image
I grew up speaking English and Spanish. I grew up moving from country to country due to political, governmental, and social issues… — Cristian Machado Copy Share Image
“for as we are never in a proper condition of doing justice to others, while we continue under the influence of some… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase women's… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
I have a 'glamour job' on the Hill. That is, I could not care less about gov or politics, but working for… — Jessica Cutler Copy Share Image
“For wicked people to do evil requires money, and good people superstition. Combining these elements gives us organized religion, but to achieve… — Sean Kamali Copy Share Image
Wouldn't that be funny, if the oil rebels were playing U2 in their jungle camps, and the government soldiers were playing U2… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
“Here are my politics: I love music and painting; a good book is an event for me; I’m going on forty-four. How… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
Since the beginning of the crisis, since the terrorists started to control some areas within Syria, the majority of the Syrian civilians… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are… — Bernard DeVoto Copy Share Image
There's a law of physics: For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. And sometimes that shows up in politics and… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Our connection to faith and church and that background sort of lent itself in our views to the Republican Party and our… — Daniel Cameron Copy Share Image
“Now more than ever God’s people must be committed to being gospel centered. Jesus can no longer be out there somewhere on… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
The citizens begin by giving up some part of the constitution, and so with greater ease the government change something else which… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
[A woman waiting for him in the Kremlin asked Gobachev] "Was communism invented by a politician or a scientist?" [He replied] "Well,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
War was ... the chief or maybe the only source of patriotism, and many a politician, from prehistory up to this morning,… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
“if Jesus had stooped to play politics he might have become a key man in Roman Judea, a big operator. It was… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Personally, I can't take the blame for what politicians did in 1982. I can't take on some kind of revenge or change… — Gabriel Batistuta Copy Share Image
Censorship' is a term pertaining only to governmental action. No private action is censorship. No private individual or agency can silence a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“It pained him that he did not know well what politics meant and that he did not know where the universe ended.… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
If the authorities constrain banks and are aware of the activities of fringe banks and other financial institutions, they are in a… — Hyman Minsky Copy Share Image
My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
If I can entertain people and get them to open up a little bit, then they're much more conducive to any ideas… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
For years, Taiwan has been dominated politically by a single party, the Kuomintang. People now want the place to be more democratic.… — Tsai Ing-wen Copy Share Image
The Kingdom is the love of God prevailing in politics, in business, in government, in media. It is all the impact of… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
Resolution Trust Company was set up to liquidate a bunch of assets that the government had inherited because the savings and loans… — Howard Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, and when… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
I think that for most of our history, there was a nuanced reading of the Second Amendment until the decision by the… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image