politics

"The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who wants to be a backbone?"

"Where all things are done according to reason and the best man in the nation rules, it is a kingdom; where more than one rule according to reason and fight, it is an aristocracy; where the government …"

"Regardless of the overall state of the economy, there is now a large enough elite made up of new multi-millionaires and billionaires for Wall Street to see the group as "superconsumers," able to carry…"

"Authority must be utilized by government to attain certain noble objective but this authority must be circumscribed."

"The defeat of Fascism, and the election of a majority Labour Government in 1945 was only possible because Labour had strong mainstream support among working class voters and organised labour. There wa…"

"When it comes right down to physical war and bloodshed, governments don’t protect people; people protect governments."

"Michael Avenatti – List of Political Beliefs"

"The craze for power among elected representatives is the deathtrap of democracy. Once they get in to the positions of power, they become gluttons, like the hungry at the dining table."

"In cross-strait exchanges, local government heads are urged to reflect public opinion and mainstream values in Taiwan, so as to safeguard the country's general interests."

"In politics, an absurdity is not an impediment."

"As you would expect when individualism is based only on opportunity, no one asks what happens to those who have neither the financial nor the political clout to exercise their tiny portion of that opp…"

"I will never apologize for the United States of America. Ever. I don't care what the facts are."

"Now the battle for Canadian independence does have to be fought again, but against a new form of servitude. Our struggle today is different from that of the colonial peoples, fighting against national…"

"Mukesh took that vision to the next level at the beginning of India’s explosive growth in the late 1990s and 2000s and turning his father’s growing conglomerate into India’s largest company, whose tax…"

"Michele Bachmann Congressional campaign site"

"I'm for an immigration policy that's welcoming."

"There is an obesity epidemic. One out of every three Americans... weighs as much as the other two."

"But secession struck to an even deeper level, to the very roots of popular government. The seceding states made their bolt for the door not in response to invasion or military occupation or internal t…"

"Hoda Abdel Hamid : President Mathripala Sirisena, thank you for talking to Al Jazeera. Now you've been a year in power, you have received a lot of praise whether it is at home or on the international …"

"Although the media editorials have roundly condemned corporations for making political contributions at home and abroad—payments which were legal in many jurisdictions—they have yet to express equal i…"