Live for your country, die to yourself; live for yourself, die to your country.

History will judge societies and governments — and their institutions — not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the...

The American flag doesn’t give her glory on a peaceful, calm day. It’s when the winds pick up and become boisterous, do we see her strength. When she unfolds her hand, and shows her frayed...

Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist?O’Brien: Of course he exists.Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me?O’Brien: You do not exist.

Authority is not a power, it is a responsibility.

My politics is my religion, my religion is my politics.

The petty thief is imprisoned but the big thief becomes a feudal lord.

What I tried to make clear in Good Calories, Bad Calories was that nutrition and obesity research lost its way after the Second World War with the evaporation of the European community of scientists and...

The faster decline in the GDP deflator could prompt government calls to forestall an early end to quantitative easing, but the data reflects balanced growth in the economy.

We deal within the framework of the regime, and on the matter of foreign affairs the government implements this policy. Nothing special has happened in this regard.

This boarding on the high seas was done on the express permission of the Cambodian government, the flag state of the vessel,

The U.S. government recognized that the 1933 Double Eagle was in that collection, and they officially asked the Egyptian government to pull it from the sale and return it as stolen property of the United...

the government is one of the choke points in the year 2000 problem. It’s one of the areas where we could have disruptions that could in fact produce a recession.

Since no individual acting separately can lawfully use force to destroy the rights of others, does it not logically follow that the same principle also applies to the common force that is nothing more than...

We live in a time when to reject the idea of an all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful government is to be viewed by that government as being anti-government.

What I said was in fact, we are ready as the new Iraqi interim government to resume our responsibilities, especially now that we have a new U.N. Security Council resolution,

Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil. Next time, go all out and write in Lucifer on the ballot.

Most young people have rebellious, anti-authoritarian impulses. They don’t like being told what, when, or how to do something. It’s ironic, then, that many of these same people embrace a system in which there would...

Before September 11, the Pakistan government had a very close relationship with the Taliban government,

People say the government makes no money, but that’s not true. They make money like any bandit or robber does.

I was surprised it was such a large drop. Obviously, (the government) couldn’t care less who’s buying these.

We need more honest government. We need a more open process, a more honest process.

Microsoft needs a settlement more than the government.

A country of free men is not free if they are owned by somebody else.

Such a government would have a huge majority in the lower house and should face few difficulties getting the upper house on side, but such a government would be likely to be racked by divisions...

Mr. de Pinto, the dog who protects sheep quickly learns how to direct them, and it becomes a habit. The people have been trained by their ‘watchmen’ to jump, and to trample what the ‘watchmen’...

When there’s a vacuum of public input, lobbyists usually fill it. But when there’s public input, the people usually win.

Flip-flopping of laws is more damaging than the government making one statement of where it stands.

the Iraqi government is committed to protecting the judges, the witnesses, lawyers, and all those who are involved in the trial of Saddam Hussein, and will not be deterred from pursuing the trial.

To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on...

The very term ‘public utility’ … is an absurd one. Every good is useful ‘to the public,’ and almost every good … may be considered ‘necessary.’ Any designation of a few industries as ‘public utilities’...

By repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed.

The desire for an increase of wealth can be satisfied through exchange, which is the only method possible in a capitalist economy, or by violence and petition as in a militarist society, where the strong...

The government is trying to make it more difficult for us to cross the border, but they need to understand when we cross to this side it’s not to affect anyone badly. In reality we...

Eric, you need to look at the whole picture,” the PM said. “You look at the jobless as a huge pile of scrap and you’re looking for what can be recycled. That’s good. That’s your...

This puts in its place the argument the U.S. government has tried to use against Chavez that he meddles in the affairs of other countries,

The State is like a great and noble steed who is tardy in his motions owing to his very size, and requires to be stirred into life. I am that gadfly which God has given...

There is nothing in which mankind have been more unanimous [founding nations upon superstition]; yet nothing can be inferred from it more than this, that the multitude have always been credulous, and the few artful....

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

The government is getting too many bites at the apple until they get something they are happy with.

July 4, the day we celebrate giving our political masters independence from conscience, morality, consequences for evil doing, and basic social and economic reality.The fireworks are the glowing tears of your children’s incinerated futures.Cheer happy...

The government is now doing what private companies have been doing to make sure the software packages are secure and reliable for widespread deployment.

It is a false and dangerous situation which bases public power on private want, and roots the grandeur of the State in the suffering of the individual. It is a badly constituted grandeur which combines...

Have you ever found yourself saying, “There ought to be a law against this,” or, “Somebody should do something”? Well, here’s the good news – you can be the one to do something. You can...

The Christian right, which trumpets the theme of family values, damns contemporary culture for undermining older traditions. Yet many individuals from this camp are not concerned first and foremost about family values per se. Family...

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Strange that men, from age to age, should consent to hold their lives at the breath of another, merely that each in his turn may have a power of acting the tyrant according to the...

Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.

The protests will continue and we will hold a big demonstration in Islamabad today. If the government tries to stop it then it will be responsible for the consequences.

The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that.