politics

"The Canadian government has a closer relation to economic activities than most governments. The trade in staples, which characterizes an economically weak country, to the highly industrialized areas o…"

"I think we're in the end game there, in the next three to six months, Bob. We've got for the first time an Iraqi government elected on the basis of an Iraqi constitution. Either they're going to produ…"

"The struggle against demagoguery scarcely fits the St George-against-the-dragon myth. Our democratic St George goes out rather reluctantly with armor awry. The struggle is confused; our knight wins by…"

"What I'm proposing... is for governments to peel back support for large businesses, especially extractive industries. Instead, governments should support small businesses. ...inhibit oversized energy …"

"Contemporary theories of politics tend to portray politics as a reflection of society, political phenomena as the aggregate consequences of individual behavior, action as the result of choices based o…"

"Technique shapes an aristocratic society, which in turn implies aristocratic government. Democracy in such a society can only be a mere appearance. Even now, we see in propaganda the premises of such …"

"This Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People."

"The first thing I would recommend to put a stop to slavery in this country, is to leave off importing slaves. For this purpose let our assemblies unite in petitioning the king and parliament to dissol…"

"The scope of America's global hegemony is admittedly great, but its depth is shallow, limited by both domestic and external restraints."

"There was no democracy neither in Lithuania's, nor in Ukraine's elections - rules of the game were dictated by those, who had most money."

"Lata Mangeshkar is known to have been a sympathiser of the Hindutva ideology. In fact, she was a sympathiser of the pro-Hindu Mahasabha, which is a hardcore rightist organisation. Despite that she was…"

"The thing which amazes me is that I now perfectly well, as a historian, that there is corruption in any government - there's always corruption. It's bad when it's more than fifteen percent."

"Pushing people forward simply because of their colour, irrespective of merit, would be most unfortunate and would of course lead to disaster. It would mean that Rhodesia would then develop into a kind…"

"This essay concerns the economic decisions we make about the environment. It also concerns our political decisions about the environment. Some people have suggested that ideally these should be the sa…"

"There is no doubt. I would launch a coup on the same day. doesn't work and I'm sure that at least 90% of the population would applaud. Congress nowadays does nothing; it votes only for what the presid…"

"Whenever a government feels the need of promising peace and prosperity to its citizens by means of a proclamation, it is time to be on guard and expect the opposite."

"Prosperity … is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign."

"During the entire period of occupation of Afghanistan, we were the country that provided the most support to the Afghans."

"... Republican bloodbath in the Senate"

"A politician will do anything to keep his job-even become a patriot."