politics

"As I’ve said many times before, true democracy is a project that’s much bigger than any one of us. It’s bigger than any one person, any one president, any one government. It’s a job for all of us. It …"

"...the Democratic and Republican parties, two apparently distinct political entities feeding at the same corporate trough."

"We need a constitutional amendment to make the federal government obey the Constitution."

"e have, in many ways, the worst political class in our country's history."

"Were our meetings with President Trump harmful or helpful? I believe that, despite the attempt to discredit these meetings, they nevertheless were more positive than negative. ...it is better to commu…"

"Because, well, partly those who set the rhythm of repetition, the rhythm of what facts get repeated day to day, in the highest profile media outlets, and the rhythm of repetition is basically everythi…"

"Every policy that we don't do, will be done against us."

"If you feel that by giving this title, I will praise your government, you will be disappointed. I am a fact finding man."

"National politics has become devalued today because of casteism, communalism and regionalism. A few seats from one state is enough to launch you nationally."

"The highfalutin aims of democracy, whether real or imaginary, are always assumed to be identical with its achievements. This, of course, is sheer hallucination. Not one of those aims, not even the aim…"

"The more constrained the power of governments, the more it is diffused, checked and balanced, the less it will aggress on others and commit democide. At the extremes of Power, totalitarian communist g…"

"L.K. Advani, who had been the front man of the Ayodhya movement until he broke down in tears at the sight of the demolition... If the Indian media were not as corrupt as they are , they would have fou…"

"Those in government are especially susceptible to the corruption of power, because government is institutionalized coercion."

"We mean by "politics" the people's business — the most important business there is."

"I expect one of the prices we pay for democracy is there are going to be differences. We pay a price but we get something very important in return."

"The greatest thing to come out of this for the world economy, if you could put it that way, would be $20 a barrel for oil. That's bigger than any tax cut in any country."

"Since the imperfect rules of the marketplace actually reward dangerous risk taking, the only thing that could prevent this lethal gamble is effective government regulation."

"Chris Matthews: “Where have you been for 35 years, sir?” Mike Gravel: “Hiding under a rock for ten years because I was so disgusted.” -- On Gravel's hiatus from politics. Interview."

"The problem is to see not what is desirable, or nice, or politically feasible, but what is necessary."

"Ralph Nader’s the guy. If Ralph Nader had become president, we would not have had the problems. Everything he says is correct. He said, “Don’t tax food. Tax the stock market. Every time somebody trade…"