government Quotes

Governments don't control people like they used to.

The U.S. has the most dysfunctional healthcare system in the industrial world, has about twice the per capita costs, and some of the worst outcomes. It's also the only privatized system.

Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.

The first democratic revolution was England in the 1640s.

The American escalation of the war in Laos provoked a response by the Communist forces, which now control more of Laos than ever before.

In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing their programs, putting them forth, insisting that their representatives implement those programs.

To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure they're under from the public.

After the first International Days of Protest in October, 1965, Senator Mansfield criticized the 'sense of utter irresponsibility' shown by the demonstrators.

Obama, of course, outspent McCain.

Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.