"Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity." ― Albert Einstein Topic(s): Politics Tags: politics, present More From Albert Einstein "Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!" "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." "I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind." More In Politics "Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance."― William O. Douglas "The FHA’s success provides strong evidence that government can and should play a role in the nation’s mortgage finance system. It also demonstrates that although government intervention in the economy during the Great Recession was messy, things would have been a lot messier without it."― Mark Zandi "Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man."― Ronald Reagan