Politics

Quotes

The greatest cunning is to have none at all. -- Carl Sandburg

A man's intelligence does not increase as he acquires power. What does increase is the difficulty of telling him so. -- D. Sutton
You do not secure the liberty of our country and value of our democracy by undermining them, that's the road to hell. -- Lord Phillips of Sudbury

People shouldn't be afraid of their government, governments should be afraid of their people.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal. -- Martin Luther King Jr

Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer. -- Ludwig von Mises

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. -- Tacitus, 56-120 A.D.

Learn, my son, with how little wisdom the world is ruled. -- Julius III

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Links to External Sites

38 Degrees - brings you together with other people to take action on the issues that matter to you and bring about real change. [Added 28-May-2009]
Human Development Index - normalized measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living,and GDP per capita for countries worldwide, In 2007, Britain is at number 16. So, could do better. [Added 26-Jan-2008]
Noam Chomsky - a libertarian socialist [Added 26-Dec-2006]
No2Id - Campaign to stop ID cards and the database state. British site [Added 11-Oct-2004]
Political Compass - a site that argues that politics should be seen on axes of authoritarionism and economics, rather than just left or right [Added 26-Dec-2006]
Thank you Poland - The undersigned wish to express their sincere thanks to the Polish government for their action to remove the "A-item" of adopting the "Software Patent Directive" from the agenda of the Agricultural Council meeting on December 21, 2004. It would have been a horrible mistake for the European Union to adopt this "Software Patent Directive". [Added 01-Jan-2005]
Think Tanks - presents a sceptical view about what Think-Tanks are. "Think-Tanks don't think, they justify". Worth a read. It'll open your eyes. [Added 20-Oct-2006]
UKIP - UK Independence Party - committed to withdrawing Britain from the European Union [Added 11-Oct-2004]

Author:  Mark Carter
Created: 11-Mar-2006
Updated: 16-Nov-2010