politics

"great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges."

"Of course, the power and authority of courts — whether to improperly take policymaking power for themselves or to engage in legitimate decision making — is dependent upon the weight of their judgment.…"

"There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States."

"The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic."

"In this case, the 'liberal media' didn't live up to its reputation. If it had, the country would have been better served."

"Treat the Jews and urban inhabitants in the Ukraine with an iron rod, transferring them to the front, not letting them into the government agencies ."

"The Czech Republic stood with the U.S., Canada and a handful of other countries against the prevailing international current, but history has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is …"

"Nothing is more stimulating and more salutary to the inner development than the exemple of men devoted to the good. It is in the company of men pursuing a same ideal that the still weavering soul can …"

"We think nothing…of attempting to inflict upon other peoples forms of government ill-tailored to their needs."

"Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country — and t…"

"...they have brainwashed us into believing in the last 150 years... that quantitative change is superior to qualitative attributes. If we can turn out more... it doesn't matter if they're half as good…"

"One cannot liberate a people -- much less facilitate the emergence of a democracy -- without empowering the people being liberated. It is much easier for an Iraqi soldier to join other Iraqis in rebel…"

"We have been criticized, a little bit to my surprise, by people who think I was not enough pro-war. That is simply not the way I think of this role. This role is designed to question the behavior of g…"

"When the rich grow afraid, they get nasty. We say: A government for need not greed!"

"We are a parliamentary democracy; we don’t function by plebiscite. It’s dangerous. I don’t believe in referendums – Hitler and Mussolini organised referendums"

"Ahmad Khatami, Member of Iranian Assembly of Experts: Israel Is a "Dying Political Corpse" May 2007"

"What was intended is plain. It was intended to appease them. Why was this particular moment selected for their appeasement? I will tell your Lordships why. It was because a grave threat had been made …"

"There is no such thing as a Republican position on Zika or Democrat position on Zika because these mosquitoes bite everyone, and they're not going to ask you what your party registration is or who you…"

"Low inflation and government prudence may be harmful for economic development."

"The first epoch-making algebra to appear in print was the Ars Magna of Cardan . This was devoted primarily to the solution of algebraic equations. It contained the solution of the cubic and biquadrati…"