We have put our words on steroids and amped the language up so high that unless we communicate in overdrive and hyperbole, we believe–perhaps correctly–that nobody will hear us. In the process, we’ve sacrificed nuance...

It was because ‘in 1776 our fathers retired the gods from politics.’ The basic principle of the American Republic is the freedom of man in society.The Declaration of Independence was the product of Intellectual Emancipation,...

Just because you talk about it or advocate for one position doesn’t mean you care more. Just because someone doesn’t talk about it and advocates a different position doesn’t mean they care less.

The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said “This is mine,” and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society. From how many...

[Martin Luther King] said that little black boys and little black girls would be able to join hands with little white boys and little white girls as sisters and brothers. Then he reminded both those...

One way of seeing all this was as a symptom of postmillennial decay, the degradation of public discourse, and the encroachment of celebrity worship into the arena of national affairs. Another way of looking at...

It’s vital that the governor-general is both above politics and seen to be above politics because he is the constitutional umpire.

America is no longer a country that cares about experts. In fact, it hates experts. If you can’t fit a story into the culture-war storyline in ten seconds or less, it dies.

This place does not feel like my country. It feels like countries I have read about where things are very bad. It feels, in fact, like exactly the kind of thing we were protesting against,...

Another misconception is that desires are insatiable. Admittedly, for the small segment of society that is clinically deranged, this statement may not hold true. But for those seeking riches, pleasure, or power, too much of...

The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.

It was as dark as the inside of a cabinet minister.

It still remains unrecognised, that to bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able, not only to provide food for its body, but instruction and training for its mind, is a...

Christianity was not meant to be a weapon or an argument or a show of force or a political tool. Or an act of aggression or coercion. It was never meant to be a cause...

Politics should be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.

Silence is what causes most of humanity’s problems

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. -Jose Bergamin, author (1895-1983)

power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutley

I don’t think about politics,” Rabbit says. “That’s one of my Goddam precious American rights, not to think about politics.

America is the promised land, because each generation bequeathed to its children a promise, a promise that they might not come to enjoy but which they fully expected their offspring to fulfill. So the words...

When first asked if he would grant an interview with TIME, Greene responded by asking a question of his own: ‘Does the candidate get paid?

Are you okay in there?” China asked.Lucia glanced at me, and we both cracked up.

What was, was. The past defines itself. Historians refuse to accept that definition & instead superimpose their analysis of the past through the eyes of the present. Thus, history becomes a pale reflection of the...

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them then he is always stirring up some wary or other in order that the people...

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government – lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.

In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, unspoken promise to work for large corporations

It’s easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one’s life to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment.

Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don’t much care for.

Warfare is now an interlocking system of actions—political, economic,psychological, military—that aims at the overthrow of the establishedauthority in a country and its replacement by another regime.

That’s what I like to call him, “the current president.” I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W. Bush. I like to call him “the current president” because it’s a hopeful...

How did sex come to be thought of as dirty in the first place? God must have been a Republican.

The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.

Our so-called leaders speakWith words they try to jail youThe subjugate the meekBut it’s the rhetoric of failure

..Liberals see racism where it doesn’t exist, fabricate it when they can’t find it and ignore it within their own ranks.

A única coisa que várias vezes tirou Churchill do bom caminho foram paixões políticas e aventuras militares – jamais eróticas. Enquanto político, Churchill nunca foi um calculista frio, mas antes caloroso e apaixonado como poucos....

They are just making politics. It is nothing but point-scoring.

Political corruption, social greed, and Americanized quasi-socialism can ruin even the most wonderful places. California proved that.

I am the illegal alien of commentary. I will do the jokes that no one else will do.

Paul Chehade is dedicated to serves the unfortunate, regardless of a person’s religion, race, ethnicity, or gender, as a demonstration of God’s unconditional love for all people, helping communities worldwide.Ethical junction making choices easy.

My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.

Republics exist as long as the people “adhere to principles and virtue.

Hey, I am thinking of it myself, in this part of world (East), we all do endeavors in praying and are sweating (white liquid) and this is our situation, frustrated , but on the other...

You know, one of the interesting things you find about writing fiction is that any fiction you write has to be political. Otherwise, it goes into the realm of fantasy. So like, if you write...

…the Bush administration may, in future years, be remembered ‘for bringing peace to the Middle East’ (as Condoleezza Rice has pronounced). History may be the mother of truth, but it can also give birth to...

We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom….Our political leaders will know our priorities only if...

Modern society, the political body, the legal and judiciary system, the state of governance, capitalism and the very fabric of the society itself, including our religions and so-called morals and values, are institutions steeped in...

Ciente de tuas capacidades e limitações, não inicies nenhuma empreitada que não possas levar a cabo.

The numbers were, at best, guesstimates, and all three men knew it. The relevant figure would ultimately be the one that represented the most they could possibly ask from Congress without raising too many questions....

Treaty with Tripoli, Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;

The true axis of evil in America is the brilliance of our marketing combined with the stupidity of our people.