“Legitimacy is the elixir of political power. "The strongest is never strong enough to be the master", Jean-Jaques Rousseau observed, "unless he… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
“Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defence of the… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“When faced by an international conflict, forget diplomacy, forget statecraft, forget strategies and policies and ask yourself, what would a human do… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
In the time just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when Perfidia opens, we were pre-psychologized. There were no concepts of identity,… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown.… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
“[P]eople only make decisions based on what they know. You can have everyone in the country vote freely and democratically and still… — Tracy Hickman Copy Share Image
I believe that if something like a political life is to remain for us in this world of technology, then it begins… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
Despite the debt, the traffic, the one-party rule, the taxes, and the eagerness of politicians to overwhelm small businesses and large corporate… — Richard Grenell Copy Share Image
I don't believe less in American government because of a bad politician. I don't believe less in the Catholic Church because of… — Lino Rulli Copy Share Image
The U.S. government has rarely, if ever, used the criminal history of a certain immigrant population in determining if the whole community… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“It's all very well to rail against human rights violations or the absence of democracy, but when there's a need to vaccinate… — Marc Vachon Copy Share Image
When I was a kid and my parents started talking about politics, I'd run to my room and put on the Rolling… — Alice Cooper Copy Share Image
As long term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. [...]… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The liberty of the press, trial by jury, the Habeas Corpus Writ, even Magna Carta itself, although justly deemed the paladia of… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
I think there's a couple of things going on. One is that Trump's relationship with his base is not the traditional relationship… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
In modern society most of us don't want to be in touch with ourselves; we want to be in touch with other… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You have to be careful about what you do, about what you say, and that is more dangerous than what was happening… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
“When Clay was little, newscasters boasted that the War on Poverty was being waged in those very mountains, but if the government… — Silas House Copy Share Image
“The very people the Chinese government would like to see having babies are highly educated urban women, who would be able to… — Leta Hong Fincher Copy Share Image
“I am persuaded that feminism is not at the root of political correctness. The actual source is much nastier and dares not… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Ethical globalization is possible if only we can hold governments and business accountable for respecting human rights, not just in the traditional… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
“Therefor I doubt not but, if it had been a thing contrary to any man’s right of dominion, or to the interest… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life - this much… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I think it's incredibly important to vote because politics is for the people, and we shouldn't leave it just to the parties… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
I try not to focus on politics too much - I would never be described as a hugely political woman - but… — Katherine Ryan Copy Share Image
For millenia, man remained what he was for Aristotle: a living animal with the additional capacity for a political existence; modern man… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I always had a kind of strange relationship with New York City, with total love affair in the beginning then retreat during… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“We shall achieve more by blasting politicians into space, than by blasting satellites to other planets. They'll leave earth as warmongers, and… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
It's true: Whenever I see a government rule that could clearly be used to punish people for doing innocuous things, it is… — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
“Ibn Taimiyah spent years hunting down any philosophical interpretation that appeared to deviate from the literalist, ‘clear’ interpretation of the Koran. He… — Tarek Osman Copy Share Image
I don't night-club, don't get into fights or scandals, don't own a yacht, don't play the horses, don't wear plaid overcoats, don't… — Fred MacMurray Copy Share Image
The great increase in longevity has produced a surge in the desire to accumulate assets for retirement. It has outpaced the ability… — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
If government manages to establish paper tickets or bank credit as money, as equivalent to gold grams or ounces, then the government,… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The court decided, based on its reading of our precedents, that the effects test of Lemon is violated whenever government action creates… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
As a life-long liberal who has engaged in protests against the government and for civil rights, I am saddened at efforts by… — Bob Beckel Copy Share Image
“The picture of bankers slavering after bonuses soon after they had been rescued by government bailouts was not only outrageous but also… — Raghuram G. Rajan Copy Share Image
![“[P]eople only make decisions based on what they know. You can have everyone in the country vote freely and democratically and still come up with the wrong answer - if the information they base that decision on is wrong. People don't want the truth [when] it is complicated. They don't want to spend…” quote by Tracy Hickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/tracy-hickman-28104_aids_p-eople-only-make-decisions-based-on-wha_1097109.jpg)
![“As long term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. [...] Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism. My personal impression - and this is valid for South America - is that in…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/anonymous-1_america_as-long-term-institutions-i-am-totally-a_2432426.jpg)
![“You have to be careful about what you do, about what you say, and that is more dangerous than what was happening with [John] McCarthy, but the technology the government now possesses is so much more insidious.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/nat-hentoff-1615_be-careful_you-have-to-be-careful-about-what-you-do_358321.png)
