“So give me the political economist, the sanitary reformer, the engineer; and take your saints and virgins, relics and miracles. The spinning-jenny and the railroad, Cunard's liners and the electric telegraph, are to me, if not to you, signs that we are, on some points at least, in harmony with the universe; that there is a mighty spirit working among us, who cannot be your anarchic and destroying Devil, and therefore may be the Ordering and Creating God.” IfsGivingMayPoliticalSpiritUniverseCreatingDevilMiracleGive MeHarmonySaintDestroyingEngineersElectricVirginsEconomistSpinningRailroadsReformersRelicsTelegraphJennySanitary Book:The Works of Charles Kingsley: Yeast Source: The Works of Charles Kingsley: Yeast
“I have the highest veneration of those Gentleman, -- but, Sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, We, the People? My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them to speak the language of, We, the People, instead of We, the States? States are the characteristics, and the soul of the confederation. If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one of great consolidated National Government of the people of all the States.” PeopleIfsGivingSoulStatesGovernmentPoliticalAsksSpeakLanguageDemandHighestConstitutionGive MeCuriosityAgentsWelfareGentlemanCharacteristicsAnxiousSovereigntyExclusiveLeading MeCompactVenerationSolicitudeConfederationPublic Welfare Author:Patrick Henry
“I want to thank you for coming to the White House to give me an opportunity to urge you to work with these five senators and three congressmen, to work hard to get this trade promotion authority moving. The power that be, well most of the power that be, sits right here.” WantGivingWellsHardHumorMovingPoliticalThreeOpportunityHouseWhiteFiveHard WorkAuthorityGive MeTradeUrgesWhite HouseSenatorsPromotionCongressmanPolitical HumorThank You For Coming Author:George W. Bush
“These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me. Which means orange really is the new black.” GivingMeanPoliticalHousePoliticsBlackPartyComedyRepublicanGive MeHarderThese DaysFree SpeechOrangePolitical PartiesPartisanship Author:Barack Obama
“I am made Hand of the King which gives me an enormous amount of power, which I use quite ruthlessly - but skilfully - and Dame Diana Rigg joins us [playing political mastermind the Queen of Thorns] and we have a couple of really good sparring moments.” GivingMadeMomentsUseHandsPoliticalAmountCoupleKingsGive MeEnormousQueensThornsDianaDamesSparringMastermind Author:Charles Dance
“Fidel Castro is a man with a great sense of self-criticism and respect for his political friends. He is not going to give me instructions, and I am not the type of man who would take them. That's not to say that I don't approve of what is happening in Cuba, but he would never send me a letter telling me what to do or not to do.” MenGivingSelfPoliticalTypeHappeningsCriticismLettersGive MeInstructionCubaSense Of SelfCastroSelf Criticism Author:Salvador Allende
“That was a brave and principled thing for Ecuador to do [give me asylum application]. Now we have the U.S. election [campaign], the Ecuadorian election is in February next year, and you have the White House feeling the political heat as a result of the true information that we have been publishing.” GivingYearsHas BeensFeelingsPoliticalNextHouseWhiteResultsInformationGive MeElectionBraveCampaignsHeatWhite HouseApplicationPublishingNext YearAsylumsFebruaryPrincipledEcuador Author:Julian Assange
“I think what gives me hope is I have the sense that the people of Kenya have turned the page. They are keen to get a new political dispensation. They are keen to fight corruption and impunity, and in that sense they are leaving the political elite behind.” PeopleThinkingGivingPoliticalFightingBehindsPagesGive MeLeavingCorruptionElitesKenyaImpunity Author:Kofi Annan
“If a baby is born in Gaza and is not registered with the Israeli Ministry of the Interior, that baby does not exist, it does not count. I get very annoyed when my Palestinian friends complain, 'Why didn't they give me a permit, I am not a terrorist,' because it is not about the person, it is about a policy that people can't articulate because there is no discourse to explain the political intention behind it.” PeopleIfsGivingPersonsDoePoliticalBornBehindsPolicyBabyGive MeIntentionComplainingTerroristPermitPalestinianMinistryDiscourseInteriorsIsraeliAnnoyedGaza Author:Amira Hass
“Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.” GivingHandsPoliticalPoliticsReadyGive MeTongue Author:Cesare Pavese
“You can't allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, 'Merry Christmas?' Give me a break. If people don't like it, yeah, they can go do something else.” PeopleIfsGivingMeanPoliticalForceBreakGive MeYeahChristmasMerryCorrectionsMerry Christmas Author:Benjamin Carson
“Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.” MenGivingChildrenHas BeensWarWholeEarthPoliticalPoliticsProudKingsWorshipGive MeEvery ManQueensValleysAntiwarCrownsBe ProudMen WomenAttireKings And QueensPlaces Of Worship Author:Charles Sumner
“The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life. It's the only activity that gives me some hope that the human race won't commit suicide, though I still wouldn't count on it.” GivingHumansStillsPoliticalRaceActivityProgramGive MeDifficultySuicideEducationalCommitHuman RaceReconcilePolitical Life Author:J. William Fulbright
“I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.” GivingFunnyAmericaPoliticalChanceMoneyGive MeComedianUsaVisitingOne LinerGive Me A Chance Author:Bob Hope