“Every single dollar spent lobbying a legislator on behalf of oil and gas is a toxic dollar that undermines public health and safety laws that protect Americans. That's contamination of the political system.” LawPoliticalProtectSafetyDollarsOilGasToxicBehalfPolitical SystemsLegislatorsPublic HealthLobbyingOil And GasContaminationHealth And Safety Author:Josh Fox
“Anarchists generally make use if the word "State" to mean all the collection of institutions, political, legislative, judicial, military, financial, etc., by means of which management of their own affairs, the guidance of their personal conduct, and the care of ensuring their own safety are taken from the people and confided to certain individuals, and these, whether by usurpation or delegation, are invested with the right to make laws over and for all, and to constrain the public to respect them, making use of the collective force of the community to this end.” PeopleIfsMeanEndsStatesUseCareLawPoliticalCertainIndividualForceCommunityTakenMilitaryManagementSafetyInstitutionsAffairFinancialGuidanceCollectionsEtcCollectivesAnarchismAnarchistJudicialConstrainDelegationUsurpation Author:Errico Malatesta
“State capitalism is about more than emergency government spending, implementation of more intelligent regulation, or a stronger social safety net. It's about state dominance of economic activity for political gain.” StatesGovernmentPoliticalSocialEconomicActivityCapitalismGainsStrongerIntelligentSafetySpendingRegulationEmergenciesDominanceImplementationSafety NetGovernment Spending Author:Ian Bremmer
“Whatever may be the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to that safety arising from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise. That is the faith, the experimental faith, by which we Americans have undertaken to live.” MayPoliticalLossGreaterWiseAtheismDangerGainsSafetyFoolishSuppressionPolitical FreedomGains And Losses Author:Alexander Meiklejohn
“The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty does not consist in the notion that a man may do whatever he pleases; liberty is the right to do whatsoever the laws allow. ... The equality of the citizens consists in that they should all be subject to the same laws.” MenShouldMayDoeLawPoliticalLibertySubjectsOughtCitizensPleaseSafetyNotionCivil RightsSecureFramed Author:Catherine the Great
“The Palestinian society is split into two - those who are openly calling for Israel's destruction like Hamas, and those who are not calling openly for Israel's destruction but refuse to confront those who do. And that's the Palestinian authority. I think they're timid, they're afraid to actually stand up to these killers. And I think that they're afraid, maybe for their own sake, for their own political hides, sometimes for their own physical safety. And they don't take that necessary plunge.” TwoSometimesPoliticalCallingDestructionSafetySakeRefuseIsraelKillersSplitsPalestinianPlungeHamas Author:Benjamin Netanyahu