“Its contempt for citizens ... is so routine, and so unlimited, that the agency has become a kind of Frankenstein, running wild and terrorizing Americans at will. The IRS hypocritically requires mistake-free returns when its own books are in shambles. It demands exorbitant sums of money without regard to the accuracy of its claims. It doesn't hesitate to use every possible maneuver to get what it wants, sometimes destroying businesses -- and lives -- in the process.” WantKindBookSometimesUseRunningProcessMistakeReturnCitizensDemandClaimsRegardAgencyRoutineContemptDestroyingUnlimitedAccuracyIrsShamblesRunning Wild Author:James Bovard
“We are good citizens, and we cannot protect ourselves because you allow the criminals to run wild. ... I'd like you to come and live in the inner city for a week and see the importance of having a weapon. ... Go after the criminals and not the good people.” PeopleRunningCitiesWeekSecurityCrimeLike YouCitizensProtectWeaponsImportanceCriminalsGood PeopleGood CitizenInner City Author:Jesse Lee Peterson
“We supported the cooperative movement among farmers. The movement was still young and stubbornly opposed to the commercial distributors. I believed it to be one of the most helpful undertakings, for according to my social theories any organization run by citizens for their own welfare is preferable to the same action by the government.” StillsWisdomGovernmentRunningActionYoungPoliticsSocialEconomyMovementTheoryCitizensOrganizationWelfareLiberalismHelpfulFarmersUndertakingsCooperativesDistributorsSocial Theory Author:Herbert Hoover
“It will be good for us in the long run, and I mean there are six and a half billion people in this world. And it's great for 300 million to keep enjoying more and more property, but I think it's terrific if the remainder do. And I think if they can learn something from us in terms of our system, and I think they have, they are learning more about how to unleash the potential of their citizenry to turn out more goods and services that their citizens want or that we want, I think that's terrific.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantMeanLongRunningTurnsEnjoyTermHalfMillionsThis WorldCitizensSixPropertyBe GoodBillionsGoodsLong RunsTerrificCitizenryGoods And ServicesLearning More Author:Howard Warren Buffett
“In the US, voters cast ballots for individual candidates who are not bound to any party program except rhetorically, and not always then. Some Republicans are more liberal than some Democrats, some libertarians are more radical than some socialists, and many local candidates run without any party identification. No American citizen can vote intelligently without knowledge of the ideas, political background, and commitments of each individual candidate.” IdeasRunningPoliticalIndividualPartyCitizensRepublicanCommitmentProgramVoteDemocratBoundsCastsLibertarianBackgroundsLocalsRadicalCandidatesVotersBallotsIdentificationAmerican Citizens Author:Ben Bagdikian
“I trust the political system to be what it is. It's a structure to keep the country running, a boat to get us [citizens] from one side to the other, and it has the country's best interests at heart. Not the people's.” PeopleHeartCountryRunningPoliticalSidesInterestCitizensStructureBoatPolitical SystemsBest Interests At Heart Author:Erykah Badu
“Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe because in the long run stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty. ... The global wave of democracy has barely reached the Arab states. For too long, many people in that region have been victims and subjects. They deserve to be active citizens.” PeopleYearsLongHas BeensStatesRunningNationsLibertyDemocracyMiddleSubjectsCitizensSafeDeserveVictimWesternWaveActiveEastRegionsExpensesStabilityMiddle EastLong RunsSixtyDemocracies Have Author:George W. Bush
“When the citizens of a nation will no longer volunteer to defend it, then it is probably not worth saving. No nation has the right to survive with conscript troops, and in the long run, no nation ever has.” LongRunningNationsCitizensSavingTroopsLong RunsVolunteer Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“The Obama administration seems to be following what might be called 'the Detroit pattern increasing taxes, harassing businesses, and pandering to unions. In the short run, it got mayors re-elected. In the long-run, it reduced Detroit from a thriving city to an economic disaster area, whose population was cut in half, as its most productive citizens fled.” LongSeemsMightRunningCitiesHalfCuttingEconomicCitizensTaxesAreasUnionsPatternsPopulationFollowingDisasterAdministrationProductiveLong RunsMayorsDetroit Author:Thomas Sowell
“Muslims are absolutely integrating into the United States. You can go nearly any community and you find people opening up clinics that mostly non-Muslims go in to get services. They are feeding people who are hungry, American citizens, mostly people who are not Muslim. They`re running for office.” PeopleStatesRunningCommunityUnitedUnited StatesCitizensOfficeHungryOpeningFeedingIntegratingAmerican CitizensOpening UpClinicRunning For Office Author:Steve King
“I think it's a part of being a citizen in a country, to know what is going on and to have a say in how they want their country being run. You know, that's a part of the privilege of democracy.” ThinkingKnowsWantCountryRunningDemocracyCitizensPrivilege Author:Bridgit Mendler
“I've always thought that the role of citizen, the role of advocate, were as important in our democracy as running for office.” ImportantRunningRolesDemocracyCitizensOfficeRunning For Office Author:Hillary Clinton
“As a result of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, American democracy is being undermined by the ability of the Koch brothers and other billionaire families. These wealthy contributors can literally buy politicians and elections by spending hundreds of millions of dollars in support of the candidates of their choice. We need to overturn Citizens United and move toward public funding of elections so that all candidates can run for office without being beholden to the wealthy and powerful.” NeedsRunningMovingChoicesAbilityDecisionUnitedResultsPowerfulMillionsSupportDemocracyBrotherCitizensPoliticianOfficeElectionCourtDollarsSpendingSupremeCandidatesWealthySupreme CourtFundingBillionaireContributorsAmerican DemocracyCourt DecisionCitizens United Author:Bernie Sanders
“There is no need to increase the taxes. India can run without troubling the citizens.” NeedsRunningCitizensTaxesIndiaIncrease Author:Narendra Modi
“Dr. Ben Carson is a first-class human being and citizen. He is exactly the kind of person that you could trust running any government institution. You would trust him to babysit your kids. He's just an admirable human being.” FirstsHumansKindPersonsGovernmentRunningKidsHuman BeingsClassCitizensInstitutionsDrsAdmirableFirst ClassBen Carson Author:Rush Limbaugh
“A good person is one who follows the Ten Commandments and the golden rule. There is plenty of precedent in history to guide us and we probably evolved to be sensitive to Bible-Golden Rule situations. But the dilemmas faced by a worker - a journalist, an architect, an auditor - or by a citizen (what position to take on stem cell research, whether to run for office, what is the proper balance between taxation and social nets) - are not questions that can be answered by traditional texts or precedents.” PersonsRunningSocialSituationPositionBalanceCitizensTenOfficeResearchWorkersGuidesTraditionalGoldenPlentyCellsJournalistSensitiveArchitectCommandmentsStemTaxationGood PersonDilemmaGolden RulePrecedentTen CommandmentsStem CellStem Cell ResearchAuditors Author:Howard Gardner
“What do we have for veterans? Government-run health care. I understand that. Congressmen and senators... they get five choices of government-run health care. Why should a congressman and senator get anything more than a regular citizen does? Why are they privileged and the rest of us aren't?” ShouldDoeGovernmentCareRunningChoicesFiveCitizensHealth CareSenatorsPrivilegedVeteranCongressman Author:Jesse Ventura
“Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive activities of corporations. At last most of us must understand that the opposite is true: that the primary purpose of government is to protect those who run the economy from the outrage of injured citizens.” BelieveStillsGovernmentRunningLastsPurposeEconomyCitizensActivityProtectOppositesPrimariesCorporationsDestructiveInjuredOutragePurpose Of Government Author:Derrick Jensen