If you have a society where a large section believe they are not part of the political discourse, that is a situation… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
It's important that people understand who I am and where I come from and not just have it shaped by purely political… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
My grandparents would have big, long arguments that were entertaining and that's where I first noticed, and was thrilled by, political discourse. — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
My feeling is, Twitter's free. If people want to have a political discourse with me on Twitter, and they disagree with me,… — Josh Groban Copy Share Image
“If we don't start caring about whether people tell the truth or not, it's going to be literally impossible to restore anything… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“When will we realize that the concessions we have made to faith in our political discourse have prevented us from even speaking… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Political discourse has been reduced to "Where's the beef?" "Read my lips," and "Make my day." Where are the assassins when we… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship. — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
In Israel, there is this reduction of the political discourse to something that is very limited. It's as if you have that… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Our country's political discourse and debate are enriched by discussions of the political implications of our faith traditions, whether they are taking… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I used to be very impatient with anyone who wasn't doing overtly political work. I've since come to… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
I've become very interested in the spectrum of political discourse as seen on the cable news channels that are conveniently right in… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
It's pretty standard fare in political discourse. You misconstrue what somebody said. You isolate a statement, you lend your interpretation to it… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Whenever I become discouraged (which is on alternate Tuesdays, between three and four) I lift my spirits by remembering: The artists are… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“But Roosevelt understood that the political costs of any public condemnation of Nazi persecution or any obvious effort to ease the entry… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
“History reveals that the seeds of the new system of control were planted well before the end of the Civil Rights Movement.… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The domestic NSA-led Surveillance State which Frank Church so stridently warned about has obviously come to fruition. The way to avoid its… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“the growing materialism of our societies. This materialism informs political discourse at every level, making wealth and its distribution the only issue… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Our support for the Shah, the CIA coup in 1953 - has become infused into the Iranian political discourse. The regime that… — Kenneth M. Pollack Copy Share Image
I think the press, by and large, is what we call "liberal". But of course what we call "liberal" means well to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Like most terms of political discourse, socialism has more or less, lost its meaning. Socialism used to mean something. If you go… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We have entered an Orwellian era in which entitlement replaces responsibility, coercion is described as compassion, compulsory redistribution is called sharing, race… — Theodore J. Forstmann Copy Share Image
“But there's one word. You look at any other term of political discourse, and you're going to find the same thing: the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“In the nine years since [Robert] Harris’s novel [Conclave] was published our culture has, if anything, become more enamored with certainty, not… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
“Liberals dominate most of the leading opinion-making areas of American life-- journalism, the movie and television industries, academia, the publishing industry, the… — David E. Bernstein Copy Share Image
“..."extreme capitalism": the obsessive, uncritical penetration of the concept of the market into every aspect of American life, and the attempt to… — James K. Galbraith Copy Share Image
“I really think that if we don’t start caring about whether people tell the truth or not, it’s going to be literally… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“At the center of discussion were the questions of legitimacy of succession to the caliphate, the relationship of leadership to faith, and… — Dimitri Gutas Copy Share Image
“The point is that television does not reveal who the best man is. In fact, television makes impossible the determination of who… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
“them out if they make dumb choices. Let them struggle; let them learn; let them take responsibility. They need to figure out… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
I feel like musicians have such a precarious place in the political discourse, because musicians are, sort of just by nature, people-pleasers. — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that's happened in American political life. — John Silber Copy Share Image
There is a lot of noise and conflict in our political discourse, which is fun to cover, but I'm convinced from my… — John King Copy Share Image
I did learn that some of the things that are great for locker rooms are inappropriate for political discourse. That's a wisdom… — George Allen Copy Share Image
It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Political discourse in America has gotten so out of control that it's emboldened people to ruin the lives of those they disagree… — Chuck Woolery Copy Share Image
I felt like there wasn't a political discourse. I felt like there was just one set of values, and any one set… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
I am troubled that sometimes in our political discourse we spend all of our time focused on the challenges of the next… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
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