politics

"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."

"Political thought and political instinct prove themselves theoretically and practically in the ability to distinguish friend and enemy. The high points of politics are simultaneously the moments in wh…"

"There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory."

"Everything you have done, my nobles, has been stupid. You have been cruel, greedy, careless of others’ lives and wills. You have been blind, thoughtless, provincial and unimaginative. It seems to me t…"

"Under the new Bill, shall I be able to vote on many matters in relation to West Bromwich but not West Lothian?"

"The 1980 Republican convention was awash with crocodile tears for our economic distress, but it is by their long record and not their recent words that you shall know them. The same Republicans who ar…"

"Country comes before politics."

"Jingoistic rhetoric and puerile self-congratulatory nationalism."

"I was supposed to devote myself only to the Talmud. But the Talmud utterly repelled me, thought I was still a pious Jew-boy . I wanted to satisfy my craving to be active, to do something: this craving…"

"The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof."

"Amitbhai provided us more than double seats in Uttar Pradesh. BJP won more seats in UP than what Congress secured in all states put together. This is the best example of what a Gujarati can do if give…"

"In examining each local authority's performance, instead of penalising those which attempt to provide for the needs of the elderly and single people and the housing problems in inner city areas, the G…"

"The withdrawal agreement is not Brexit. It is a betrayal of what 17.4 million people voted for. If you insist on the withdrawal agreement, Mr Johnson, we will fight you in every seat up and down the l…"

"The boys and men don’t get excited any more when they see a United States flag or hear “The Star-Spangled Banner.” They don’t care no more for firecrackers on the Fourth of July. And why should they? …"

"The poor man who takes property by force is called a thief, but the creditor who can by legislation make a debtor pay a dollar twice as large as he borrowed is lauded as the friend of a sound currency…"

"“The producer and director were developing my story to a mega series. They had shot around 100 episodes after which the ban was imposed. The Muslim fanatics in Bengal, supported by the ruling Trinamoo…"

"Selected Pamphlets by G. J. Holyoake"

"Meanwhile, the AIT has been far more associated with politics than any Out-of-India Theory. From British colonialism over National-Socialism to Dravidianism and neo-Ambedkarism, it has been politicall…"

"What can go wrong will go wrong, because political objectives are so narrowly defined. Without a great breadth of elasticity, a system has countless ways in which to crash and burn, since only one pat…"

"What you want is protection. You want to be safe. What the government does is to try to retaliate after the fact."