If power lies more and more in the hands of corporations rather than governments, the most effective way to be political is… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
To buy TV time and bypass the usual filters between the public and political figures, are very powerful devices that people can… — Alexander Stille Copy Share Image
With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Everything done by the state is ultimately done by means of aggression, which is to say violence or the threat of violence… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
This has been one of the more comedic aspects of this 72 hours - watching a cavalcade of extremely wealthy pundits, editorialists… — Josh Marshall Copy Share Image
Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission… — Alexander Herzen 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
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
A man who has cured himself of all ridiculous prepossessions, and is fully, sincerely, and steadily convinced, from experience as well as… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Theologians will protest that the story of Abraham sacrificing Issac should not be taken as literal fact. And the appropriate response is… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
And the thing about my jokes is, they don't hurt anybody. You can take 'em or leave 'em - you can say… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I think political situations usually work their way into my writing, but not necessarily in an explicit way. The environment is so… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
People who live in states have as a rule never experienced the state of nature and vice-versa, and have no practical possibility… — Anthony de Jasay Copy Share Image
High quality water is more than the dream of the conservationists, more than a political slogan; high quality water, in the right… — Edmund Muskie Copy Share Image
I don't read newspapers too much , just because they tend to make me feel I have a political obligation that I… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I want judges on the Supreme Court who will not use that position to impose their personal policy preferences or political agenda… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
I think as a consequence of that, there is also a fair amount of uncertainty about engaging in political activity that would… — Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Copy Share Image
It's shameful that the elites basically have one-and-a-half political parties. Working class men and women have zero parties - or they have… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
I met with an Automaidan activist who was part of a self-appointed group drafting a lustration law for parliament, which would exclude… — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
I recognize I have faults. I'm accountable for them, and I try to do what I can to correct them. I will… — George Zimmerman Copy Share Image
To those who had ordered them to death, one of them said: “We die because the people are asleep and you will… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The rules and reasons the political system employs to enforce status relations of any kind, including racial hierarchy, evolve and change as… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
How one stands up to any sort of allegation in the heat of political battle reveals the strength and nature of your… — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
Politics, by definition, is risk averse. Perhaps that's why America was so awestruck when Barack Obama ended the Black vs White debate… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
Autonomous state actions will regularly take forms that attempt to reinforce the authority, political longevity, and social control of the state. — Theda Skocpol Copy Share Image
Most political journalists come to Washington because they're snappy writers, big thinkers, or news breakers. Me? My ticket to the big leagues… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
In France it was Joan of Arc; in the Crimea it was Florence Nightingale; in the deep south there was Rosa Parks;… — Larry Gatlin Copy Share Image
Hate speech it seems to be is been defined by the political left as anything we don't like, anything that violates social… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political… — Gary Ackerman Copy Share Image
I began to think that there was a place for 'Footloose' to get retold again, that there was actually a more conducive… — Craig Brewer Copy Share Image
The Jews invented a portable religion in the shape of the Bible, the Torah, and eventually the Talmud, and with other portable… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
The signing of the Israel-PLO accord is more than a political milestone. It is a transformative event which touches every Jewish family… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
This generation, raised on "Eyewitness News," conditioned by the instant replay, and spared the illumination that comes from tedious historical study, tends… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The failure of the White House and Congress to seriously address the nation's fiscal situation is certain to broaden the belief among… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
I would say practical progressive, which means that the Republican party or any political party has got to recognize the problems of… — Alf Landon Copy Share Image
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