Carbon Issues

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity! - Unknown

Good government is good politics. - Richard J. Daley

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty. - Terence

Climate is what we expect. Weather is what we get. - Mark Twain

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. - Mark Twain

I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons. - Will Rogers

The Golden Rule has no place in a political campaign. - John J Ingalls

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory. - John Kenneth Galbraith

Political War: One in which everyone shoots from the lip - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

World War II was the last government program that really worked. - George Will

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think. - Milton Berle

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. - Edward Abbey

Ultimatum: In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. - Will Durant

To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation. - Madeleine Albright

No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people. - Oscar Wilde

I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself. - Jack Nicholson

I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death. - Patrick Henry

We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. - Will Rogers

Passover affirms the great truth that liberty is the inalienable right of every human being. - Morris Joseph

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. - Thomas Jefferson

A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. - P.J. O'Rourke

There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist - the taxidermist leaves the hide. - Mortimer Caplan

The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think. - Malcolm de Chazal

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. - George Pataki

We don't have inflation because we are living too well. We have it because government is living too well. - Ronald Reagan

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. - Milton Friedman

The seeds of learning can grow almost anywhere. Trump University and my other education-related ventures like... - Donald Trump

Love, like democracy, can survive almost any attack - except neglect, indifference and maybe an arrow in the back. - Unknown

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those? - Gilbert Highet

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas Jefferson

The practical importance of the preservation of our forests is augmented by their relations to climate, soil and streams. - John Muir

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. - Napoleon Bonaparte

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. - George MacDonald

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. - Ronald Reagan

The tropical rain forests are a telling example. Once cut down, they rarely recover. Rainfall drops, deserts spread, the climate warms. - James Lovelock

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. - Oscar Ameringer

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy. - Barack Obama

Political correctness is about denial, usually in the weasel circumlocutory jargon which distorts and evades and seldom stands up to honest analysis. - George M Fraser