All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts not only because of their historical development – in which they were transferred from theology to the theory of the state,...

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

McChrystal had organized a jaw-dropping counterterrorism campaign inside Iraq, but the tactical successes did not translate into a strategic victory. This was why counterinsurgency – blanketing the population in safety and winning them over –...

And the greatest tragedy of our age is we don’t listen to our consciences. We don’t say what we think. We feel one thing and do another.

I spend a lot of time with young people now, bright, public-spirited kids from across the political spectrum who give me hope for the future…They want to have an impact, but they’re not sure that...

To think of food as a weapon, or of a weapon as food, may give an illusory security and wealth to a few, but it strikes directly at the life of all.The concept of food-as-weapon...

Sarah Palin appears to have no testable core conviction except the belief (which none of her defenders denies that she holds, or at least has held and not yet repudiated) that the end of days...

The hallmark of futile negotiations is that each side regards [an] overarching reality as a problem for the people on the other side of the table, rather than one for everyone at the table.

I picked up the large lapel button richly worked in purple, green and yellow plastic. ‘January 1997,’ it announced, ‘Day of Visionaries.’ Beneath the slogan was a portrait of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. And...

I believe in political solutions to political problems. But man’s primary problems aren’t political; they’re philosophical. Until humans can solve their philosophical problems, they’re condemned to solve their political problems over and over and over...

What are you so angry about?” my mother had asked me the last time I had gone home to visit.Why aren’t you more angry, I had wanted to ask her. But I couldn’t talk to...

A politician has an axe to grindWith which he aims to chop off half your mind.

Serikali inayodhulumu wananchi wake ni hatari kuliko simba.

Presidents are selected, not elected.

If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn’t study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.

Las personas que están dispuestas a sacrificar su propio bienestar por un noble idea probablemente acabarán exigiéndoles un sacrificio parecido a otros no tan dispuestos a hacerlo. Un sistema político que no puede funcionar sin...

Socialism is a monster, which will die.

The ’60s redefined narcissism as idealism.

Hay que ser duro pero jamas perder la ternura.[It is necessary to be hard but never to lose the tenderness]

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Long-term solutions are more attractive and cause much less controversy than short-term solutions, which will affect people who are still alive and voting.

Suppose a top politician, entertainment figure, or sports star said it didn’t really matter who shot Lincoln or why, who attacked Pearl Harbor, the Alamo or the USS Liberty. Imagine the derision. Imagine the ridicule....

What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the...

A dirty diaper doesn’t double as a dishrag, and a politician doesn’t double as a savior.

The young are right if they have little confidence in the ideas which rule most of their elders. But they are mistaken or misled when they believe that these are still the liberal ideas of...

…la televisión condiciona fuertemente el proceso electoral, ya sea en la elección de los candidatos, bien en su modo de plantear la batalla electoral, o en la forma de ayudar a vencer al vencedor. Además,...

In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues….

I don’t know, from other people’s pockets?

Did you know you can drink food? It’s true! It’s called soup, and I eat it with a fork. I’m as efficient as the government.

…a more open and honest appraisal of the true nature of Silicon Valley and its opportunities as well as the many problems.

Even if I worked in the corruption capital of the world, Washington DC, I wouldn’t be a whistleblower. I’m more into flutes.

People are so particular. Unlike animals, which can be lions, eagles, or sharks, people are only people. (Though some people can easily be mistaken for animals—namely politicians.)

It’s not gay to jack off, so how could it be gay to give your clone a handjob? If anything, it’s on-the-job training for a political career.

Cats are meowable gloves you don’t wear, you pet to keep your hands warm. But I keep my hands warm the old-fashioned way—by applauding all the political rhetoric coming out of Washington DC.

A politician’s autobiography is a book that’s nothing more than a collection of paper, like toilet paper, only it’s stacked instead of rolled.

I shot a cactus like a politician. But I didn’t care, because I didn’t vote for it.

I need a camera shutter on my penis hole. That way I could photograph political corruption from the inside.

I think Dianne Feinstein may be the most Orwellian political official in Washington.

I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation.

When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong – faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles...

Wealth aggregates and becomes political power. Simple as that. ‘Corporation’ is just the most recent name for it.

Politics sure is the ruination of many a good man.

Time is the ultimate form of socialism. Each receives the same amount equally, yet how we manage our time is reflected by our lives. We all can agree, no one comes out equal. For a...

Nonsense on stilts

All you decent, well-meaning gentlemen, let me ask you, have you any idea what sort of place the world is becoming all around you? The days when you could act out of your noble instincts...

[David] Maraniss sees [Barack] Obama as a man with “a moviegoer’s or writer’s sensibility, where he is both participating and observing himself participating, and views much of the political process as ridiculous or surreal, even...

I ask: which of the two, civil or natural life, is more likely to become insufferable to those who live it? We see about us practically no people who do not complain about their existence;...

America operates under the notion of equality before the law. Basic fairness is an article of faith. We may not agree on everything all of the time, but we select our leaders together. And when...

It was Bill Clinton who once pithily captured the contrast between the two parties when it came to selecting a presidential standard-bearer: “Democrats want to fall in love; Republicans just fall in line.