Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Science, like art, religion, political theory, or psychoanalysis - is work that holds out the promise of philosophic understanding, excites in us… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
Leo Strauss's discoveries in the history of political philosophy had the effect of liberating his students from the yoke of contemporary thought. — William Kristol Copy Share Image
We could have a political movement going if it had been properly organized but the Monarchy's done itself enormous damage possibly beyond… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
I think we should be prepared, given environmental and political change for large-scale migration. If sea levels rise and 200 million people… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
When the goal of political action is no longer the defense of liberty, no word other than demagoguery can describe the despicable… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
It is an essential feature of the just state that the wealthy be kept away from political power and that the politically… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
Venezuelans have a long history. So we are able to listen to each other, to talk to each other. From here were… — Nicolas Maduro Copy Share Image
The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper limitation of… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
Carla Hesse has given us an astonishing new look at women's struggle for independent expression and moral autonomy during the French Revolution… — Natalie Zemon Davis Copy Share Image
Most people just aren't clear-eyed about the rural South. We think that the urban centers are the problem, and the rural areas… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
We don't have a great clash of civilizations, a clash of ideologies, a clash of alternative models, where governments thought to themselves,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Some people feel that it's controversial if I say that because my dad is known as a political artist. But I don't… — Sean Lennon Copy Share Image
When Donald Trump campaigned for president, he told the American people that he would be a different type of Republican, that he… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Don't you understand anything? Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and a fierce Right, both on their toes and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
[On her political writings:] It is, I confess, very possible that these my Labours may only be destined to line Trunks, or… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
I cannot doubt that women will line up, like the men elected, with the groups whose political thinking and convictions are in… — Edith Rogers Copy Share Image
Painting is a very difficult thing. It absorbs the whole man, body and soul, thus have I passed blindly many things which… — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
Wall Street is perhaps the most powerful economic and political force in this country. You have companies like Goldman Sachs, who just… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The effect on the geo-cultural political map of Australia made by Gough Whitlam is so vast that wherever you stick the pin… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
If sexual intercourse, as the poets tell us, began in 1963, it was another decade and a half before the American political… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
We must now face the difficult task of moving towards a single economy, a single political entity .. For the first time… — Romano Prodi Copy Share Image
I do have a big problem with the idea of music as a form of communication unless it's political - and that's… — Julia Holter Copy Share Image
In public administration good sense would seem to require the public expectation be kept at the lowest possible level in order to… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The issue of environmental quality is one which transcends traditional political boundaries. It is a cause which can attract, and very sincerely,… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Homo sapiens Yuck You contemporary fools laugh at religious and political lies spewed by sociopaths, lies that tether you forever to poverty… — Bobby Miller Copy Share Image
...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was… — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
The very things that I would love about Barack and that you would love about Barack is that he is one of… — Enrico Letta Copy Share Image
Without a movement pressing for change, there's little hope. We've got to work the political system to make this happen fast. The… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
By and large, our political system has betrayed its promise to each new generation of Filipinos, not a few of whom are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't have a brief for every single reaction of Israel, but I think it is important that the political negotiations occur… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
More than my political affiliation, I consider myself a hellraising humanitarian. Hell raising in the sense that I don't just go along… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
Radical feminism, male lesbians, transsexuals, musical condoms with suspenders, and lotsa drummers drumming are all manifestations of a political agenda with roots… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I want to see what the Green Party looks like. I think if people don't start voting what they feel, if that's… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
MTV and the culture industry never are talking about community relevance, hood organization, they aren't talking about ethical codes, they aren't talking… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
With regards to political enemies Plato had a kill-and-banish principle. ... In interpreting it , modern-day Platonists are clearly disturbed by it,… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Theater, art, literature, cinema, press, posters, and window displays must be cleansed of all manifestations of our rotting world and placed in… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image