We're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq with a representative government that was elected by its people. We're building a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Neither federal nor state government acts compatibly with equal protection when a law or official policy denies to women, simply because they… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards. On… — Claire Wolfe Copy Share Image
The free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country. He… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“It is a political fight between a group of well-financed, well-organized people whose freedom, livelihood, finances, reputations, or liberty is being threatened… — Anna C. Salter Copy Share Image
As good government is an empire of laws, how shall your laws be made? In a large society, inhabiting an extensive country,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Are we a people who put politics over integrity? Or are we a country of voters and leaders, men and women, husbands… — Faith Salie Copy Share Image
In 1900, 45 steamship lines served Galveston. Twenty-six foreign governments had consulates there. The storm damaged its reputation as a safe place… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
The political topicality of my October paintings means almost nothing to me, but in many reviews it is the first or only… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
Government aid programs have been endlessly expanded, and the government has sought to maximize the number of people willing to accept handouts…… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When the mass of families in a State are without property, then those who were once citizens become virtually slaves. The more… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we… — U Thant Copy Share Image
Conservatism is about the basic rights of individuals. God created us. As far as the government goes, the Founding Fathers based the… — Joe Wurzelbacher Copy Share Image
Social media is important, but it does not bring down governments. Governments can shut down the Internet. Governments can control media access.… — Ilan Berman Copy Share Image
EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Lincoln's reference to government of the people, by the people, for the people is a generally satisfactory definition of democracy. I say… — George Aiken Copy Share Image
“Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
I think, people who remain in the political sphere as opposed to going into the private sector, really what they're looking at… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
“If political rights are necessary to set social rights in place, social rights are indispensable to make political rights 'real' and keep… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
When women are pessimistic about their political strength and feel hopeless about changing the conditions of their lives, it is almost as… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“... there is no necessity for the man who means to be an orator to understand what is really just but only… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Ali Bosna nije ono što cula odmah prime s njenih boja i oblika. Slušaj što cu ti reci! Bosna je najdubljikazan pakla.… — Derviš Sušić Copy Share Image
Israel is a country and should exist. And a country by the name of Palestine should be made. Two different governments of… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
“Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party – though they are quite numerous –… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
“One might come up with other and kinder distinctions (I shall not be doing so) but the plain fact about the senator… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
DULLARD, n. A member of the reigning dynasty in letters and life. The Dullards came in with Adam, and being both numerous… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I know from personal experience that engaging with your community and helping others helps foster a sense of shared sacrifice and -… — Tammy Duckworth Copy Share Image
... we engage in politics because we don't know anything. This is clearly revealed in the way we go about it. Our… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
The chaos and confusion during the waning days of the Kitzhaber administration, as well as the ensuing federal investigations into allegations of… — Kate Brown Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to my father argue politics into the night and taking trips every Saturday to the Hood River library… — Dale T. Mortensen Copy Share Image
Democracy maintains that government is established for the benefit of the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the individual,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
“For the first time in Korea history—perhaps in any nation’s history—the Korean government is putting huge financial and political resources behind something… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
The bold effort the present (central) bank had made to control the government ... are but premonitions of the fate that await… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
In the frameworks of a peace agreement, a government under my leadership would agree to make real territorial concessions but will not… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
All this [Soviet labor camp for political prisoners] brings about one marked change in your physical appearance; by the end of your… — Irina Ratushinskaya Copy Share Image
In stark contrast with the views of the Greek philosophers and with those of the rest of western intellectuals to the present… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Israel's demonstration of its military prowess in 1967 confirmed its status as a 'strategic asset,' as did its moves to prevent Syrian… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
For a generation and more, the government has sought to meet our needs by multiplying its bureaucracy. Washington has taken too much… — George McGovern Copy Share Image