The first step is to penetrate the clouds of deceit and distortion and learn the truth about the world, then to organize… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I am not a natural fan of Mr Tillerson's political instincts. Indeed, there maybe few things I would agree with Rex on:… — Ed Davey Copy Share Image
The general point that a political theory is, among other things, a partisan intervention, is well taken. So question about the actual… — Raymond Geuss Copy Share Image
In every generation, politicians let us down, but music can lift us above the fighting and the mistakes. It does not offer… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
As far as politically how country music goes, it's true that it's regarded from a distance as a genre of music that… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
Indeed, it's futile to try and use Holy Scripture to support any political position. I deeply distrust anyone who does. Just look… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The mind of a horse is a very limited concern, relying almost entirely upon memory. He rivals our politicians in that he… — Apsley Cherry-Garrard Copy Share Image
Many of my friends and many political experts warned me that this [presidential] campaign would be a journey to hell. Said that.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Honesty works against you in the entertainment field. I try to be a journalist and a documentarian, but that doesn't mean that… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
The wisest is he that knows only that he knows nothing. God only knows. We mortals are only troubled with morbid little… — William Cowper Brann Copy Share Image
The free-trade idea, logically applied, will abolish usury; and with usury will disappear the chief bone of contention between labor and capital.… — Ezra Heywood Copy Share Image
Through my newspaper comic strip, public speaking, and filmmaking, I try to tell as many people as possible, of all ages and… — Jim Toomey Copy Share Image
America is said to be the arena on which the battle of freedom is to be fought; but surely it cannot be… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Countries that censor news and information must recognize that from an economic standpoint, there is no distinction between censoring political speech and… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
What the expression is intended to mean, I think, is that there is a better and a worse element in the character… — Plato Copy Share Image
Neither an enlightened philosophy, nor all the political wisdom of Rome, nor even the faith and virtue of the Christians availed against… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
It's not my business to remedy deaths! It's my business to tell stories. Lyra and the other heroines didn't come with placards… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
We're now interested in finding those who may attack America and arrest them before they do. We've had over nearly a thousand… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I concentrate on character, theme, language, structure, voice. It actually surprises me that no matter what I write, people declare it "intently… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The level of our political trust [with China] is also very high. We have similar positions on major international issues or even,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Like Hillary Clinton before her, Mrs. Obama has always been a working woman. She is a lawyer turned hospital administrator turned political… — Andre Leon Talley Copy Share Image
Pay 2 Play vividly tells the story of the threat posed to our political process by big money interests and what we… — John Bonifaz Copy Share Image
Cultural stupidity accounts for virtually every aspect of Sarah Palin, both as a person and a political icon. Which, come to think… — Joe Bageant Copy Share Image
“From Olsen's Nation: "Through the power of our diplomacy, a world that was once divided about how to deal with Iran’s nuclear… — Randy Quarles Copy Share Image
Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
I worry that we don't currently have a democracy in the United States. Instead we have what [political philosopher] Sheldon Wolin has… — Thomas L. Dumm Copy Share Image
My dad came out of the Roosevelt era and the Depression. One person and one party made a difference in his life.… — Richard M. Daley Copy Share Image
I'm of the opinion that poetry is always political, and cannot help but be so, regardless of the poet's intent, given that… — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
I think the minimum wage will be the centerpiece of the State of Union. I think it should be the centerpiece of… — Robert Gibbs Copy Share Image
Turkey is immersed in a profound social and political conflict between secularists, who have been in power since the republic was founded,… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Creationists are possibly gaining more political power. In the U.S., you are constantly hearing stories of school boards harassing teachers and trying… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Unrestricted laissez faire capitalism allocates resources in a most efficient way to satisfy human wants without regard to the rationality or morality… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he'd… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
The way to stop political correctness is to not do it. If someone says, You offended me then you say I don't… — Brad Stine Copy Share Image
Irresponsibility, cowardice, personal vanity, whining and chaos are becoming the maxims of political action. There is a stink in Berlin - a… — Edmund Stoiber Copy Share Image
Fear is being used by the political class as an excuse to accumulate more power and self-importance - and collect a lot… — Doug Casey Copy Share Image
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Our struggle was political, ideological and economic, and we felt we couldn't make something of ourselves unless we bettered society. We saw… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
I write about the human condition, as a South African. I sometimes see South Africa with the spectacles of the past and… — John Kani Copy Share Image