An idea is only an idea if it causes unease, debate and reflection. By that standard, Thomas Homer-Dixon's concept of an 'ingenuity… — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
I think that our reliance on dynasty is part of the problem here, because dynasty is inherently undemocratic. It's a very entitled… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Today we hear a great deal about Organizational Men, Mass Culture, Conformity, the Lonely Crowd, the Power Elite and its Conspiracy of… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
A person is not a democrat thanks to his ignorance of literature and the arts, nor an elitist because he or she… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
There is no means by which anyone can evade his personal responsibility. Whoever neglects to examine to the best of his abilities… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The political terms 'will' and 'popular will' have a long track record in Western history going back to Rousseau. That record is… — John Leo Copy Share Image
Part of what you need to understand is that we're forced to look back. You had the importation of third world or… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
We [on the left] have to be used to being a minority -- a small minority -- for some time to come.… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
This is sort of the epitome of the economic elite that is converging with a political elite. It's not only the banks… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The 1980's was the first time in the history of imperialism that people from the imperial society went in substantial numbers to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To me, it doesn't matter if your scapegoats are the Jews, the homosexuals, the male sex, the Masons, the Jesuits, the Welfare… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Nobody makes art for an elite, not if they're a real artist. You try and reach as many people as possible with… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
Western elites - the beneficiaries of 60 years of peace and prosperity achieved by the sacrifices to defeat fascism and Communism -… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
The US and UK governments' relentless backing for the global spread of genetically modified seeds was in fact the implementation of a… — F. William Engdahl Copy Share Image
It's very difficult, historically, to define what an elite is. But whatever it is, people are very angry at that idea, I… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Imagine if the political elites in our country were forced to endure the same conditions at the airport as business travelers, families,… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I never imagined when I wrote my first book on Strauss that the unscrupulous elite that he elevates would ever come so… — Shadia Drury Copy Share Image
The Trilateralist Commission is international...(and)...is intended to be the vehicle for multinational consolidation of the commercial and banking interests by seizing control… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Communism is an aspiration, an aspiration is an ideal, a dream, a longing of something that would be perfect, but hard to… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
Rule by the statist elite is not benign or simply a matter of who happens to be in office: it is rule… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
When you are dealing with a mass movement, as opposed to a quote-unquote "elite," you are talking to people who don't have… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
In the current setting the situation of the poor is neglected despite the grotesque wealth of the capitalist elites, and the dangers… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to be mean. You [ Nicholas Kristof] have written about climate change. You're really concerned and you've thought a… — Tucker Carlson Copy Share Image
Democracy, in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of governance in which elite elements based in the business community control… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There is a limited elite that understands the secrets of their own techniques, but not necessarily of all techniques. These men are… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
In the century that has just passed, many of the intellectual elite went mad. It was as if, with the death of… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
The Democratic Party is a closed clique. They are not the best and brightest. They're not the smartest. They haven't had to… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The Arab world is full of corruption, in the time of the dictatorships and in the time of anarchy. This corruption is… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very… — Clare Boothe Luce Copy Share Image
So the recordings were these immersive landscapes, and yet, unlike the performances that almost no one would see, I had a sense… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
So many of the new nations which were established as democracies after the second world war, during the decolonizing process, have now… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
If you want to make it as a sportsperson - Become knowledgeable in the sport you want to participate in. Think about… — Hope Powell Copy Share Image
As industries migrate toward the Far East, the future of many Western cities will no longer lie in manufacturing products but ideas… — Charles Landry Copy Share Image
I think Syriza and Podemos are very, very different from Sinn Féin in many ways, and so I wouldn't put all three… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
It is essential to rear a generation at the very top of society that has all the qualities needed to lead and… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
What is about Palin that drives the elite, especially elite women, crazy? Great looks? That Middle-America accent? The 5 kids and he-man… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
The communications revolution has given millions of people both a wider and more detailed understanding of the world. Because of technology, ordinary… — David Bornstein Copy Share Image
What I am asserting is that in this particular epoch a conjunction of historical circumstances has led to the rise of an… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
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