“you don’t get far in political discourse with counterfactual arguments that “it would have been even worse.” — Alan S. Blinder Copy Share Image
Politics isn't something that really interested me; I, of course, care about what's going on in the world, but so much of… — Mike O'Malley Copy Share Image
I ran for Congress because I was tired of the erosion of political discourse throughout our whole country and a government that… — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
Political discourse has become so rotten that it's no longer possible to tell the stench of one presidential candidate from the stink… — P. J. O'Rourke 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
I think the reason you see so many people dropping out of politics is because there's an anti-poetic strain in modern political… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
The public discourse on global warming has little in common with the standards of scientific discourse. Rather, it is part of political… — Richard Lindzen Copy Share Image
The dominance of [an ideology] is shown by the fact that the dominated classes live their conditions of political existence through the… — Nicos Poulantzas Copy Share Image
“For us, scientific literacy constitutes the knowledge you need to understand public issues. It is a mix of facts, vocabulary, concepts, history,… — Robert M. Hazen Copy Share Image
“A MAIN ARGUMENT of this book concerns how so many parts of American life have morphed into forms of entertainment. From 1980… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
If you listen to the political discourse in America today, you would think that all our problems have been caused by the… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
Americans should not have to wonder if their government is actively looking to subvert them or their political views. We live in… — Mike Turner Copy Share Image
“Many hesitate to even start an open discussion that could awaken the people, knowing they must be prepared to face online trolls… — E. Ravago Copy Share Image
The best thing we can do when we want to elevate civil dialogue in our American political discourse is to do whatever… — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily have any designs in being in politics for the rest of my life. I don't necessarily think that this… — Markos Moulitsas 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
Much of the left's hate speech bears greater similarity to a psychological disorder than to standard political discourse. The hatred is blinding,… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
In the case of Donald Trump I think you've got to accept that a lot of what's going on in political discourse… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Virtually all political discourse in the days of my youth was devoted to the ferreting out of hypocrisy... Because they were hypocrites,… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
When I look at the Republicans, I am tempted to dismiss them as the Treason Party. Seriously, were a band of traitors… — Neil Steinberg Copy Share Image
Is political discourse still just shouting opinions about subjective, hot-button issues based on poor understanding and outright ignorance about which agreements can… — Jeffrey Rowland Copy Share Image
Nima Shirazi is a rare voice of rational analysis and political insight that provides an eloquent counter to the pervasive absurdities that… — Susan Abulhawa Copy Share Image
“How delighted would be all the kings, czars and führers of the past (and commissars of the present) to know that censorship… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
President Obama promised to usher in a new era of civility in our political discourse. We should make sure that, quote, "talk… — Eric Bolling Copy Share Image
A new race-neutral language was developed for appealing to old racist sentiments, a language accompanied by a political movement that succeeded in… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
There's public health risks to doing large political gatherings, but in this country - and we do still live in America -… — Tate Reeves Copy Share Image
Infuriated by the sniping from within his own administration and encouraged by Federalist partisans, Washington could have used the powers of his… — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
It would be a big favor to political discourse; to our ability to do our work here in Congress; and to the… — Jay Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Why is one view permissible and the other criminally barred-other than because the force of law is being used to control political… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“But I really think that if we don’t start caring about whether people tell the truth or not, it’s going to be… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I've watched politics for years. Republicans rarely get credit for the good things that happen in the economy during their watch. Democrats… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
If we want to talk about the coarsening of the culture, I hope you devote a whole two hours for it and… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new… — Ed Gillespie Copy Share Image
A lot of people who voted for Barack Obama expected and were led to expect something new in politics: a new tone… — Bernard Goldberg Copy Share Image
And let no one suppose that I claim that just living can be taught for, in a word, I hold that there… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
If anything, the genuine human struggles in 'Sicko' raise questions about our society that run much deeper than what passes for political… — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
“Even if the system is obsessed with adulthood, it does not raise "adults"; it rewards permanent adolescence. The intellect is numbed by… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
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