Every nation-state tends towards the imperial - that is the point. Through banks, armies, secret police, propaganda, courts and jails, treaties, taxes,… — Daniel Berrigan Copy Share Image
In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the… — Alexander Meiklejohn Copy Share Image
[Bashar] Assad himself has said on several occasions recently that if the people of Syria don't believe I should be there in… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
When I write a political column for the Chicago Sun-Times, when liberals disagree with me, they send in long, logical e-mails explaining… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists-whatever else they might be-might also be rational human beings ;… — William Blum Copy Share Image
We should - we will - welcome people of faith into the political process... It is essential that believers enter the arena.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“When are voters in both political parties going to realize that politics is a two-way street? The politician creates a powerful, huge,… — P.J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Within one's own family money is not the measure of things, unless the person is an absolute Scrooge. Only the most extreme… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
We've never thought too deeply about the roles things like forgetting or partisanship or inefficiency or ambiguity or hypocrisy play in our… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
A political decision has been made not to irritate the intelligence community. The spy agencies are really embarrassed, they're really sore -… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Before any final solution to American history can occur, a reconciliation must be effected between the spiritual owner of the land -… — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
A lot is said, by foreigners and the left, about America being a violent society. Yet if you subtract the crime statistics… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
The word "democracy" is a Western word obviously. It doesn't exist in Arabic. Democratiya is a loan word. We in the Western… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
“I never favored any political party. Being a conservative or a liberal, a Republican or a Democrat, these are just labels that… — Aaron B. Powell Copy Share Image
Men are strange about politics. I have been around the world twice and I know politicians from many cultures. They are all… — Maryon Pearson Copy Share Image
In the founding era of our country, it was not organized religion but personal faith that brought focus and unified the early… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Survival means the survival of human kind as a whole, not just a part of it. If the South cannot survive, then… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
It is a world of extremes, which can be characterised most clearly in terms of exclusion. That means political exclusion, whereby the… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
It's become a cliche to think of marriage as a disaster area and a war zone. Although political shows are really popular… — Tim Daly Copy Share Image
I knew early on that I wanted to be a reporter, but I didn't know I was a political journalist until my… — Gwen Ifill Copy Share Image
Hopefully, Serbia's political leaders will not only recognize the seriousness which we attach to this case but also understand that it is… — Tim Bishop Copy Share Image
“Your political preference determines the arguments that you find compelling. If you like the current health policy, you believe its benefits are… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
It is still true that the life we have created for ourselves on this earth is not working. Not one of the… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
Ultimately, of course, there is no excuse for being fat in this culture. It's the one last prejudice we allow ourselves, the… — Joni Rodgers Copy Share Image
I was a soul singer first and I'd write love songs. I find with soul music it's really hard to write about… — Ben Drew Copy Share Image
I don't think people have fully processed how deeply television has changed the political process in our own world. Political parties have… — Alexander Stille Copy Share Image
I have been accused of being ignorant of economics (although I am the founder and Chairman of the Board of a company… — Lloyd deMause Copy Share Image
If one individual, or one class, can call in the aid of authority to ward off the effects of competition, it acquires… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
I feel vulnerable when my ego is threatened - if I get jealous of another band's good time slot at a big… — Greg Saunier Copy Share Image
People are aware that they cannot continue in the same old way but are immobilized because they cannot imagine an alternative. We… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
I am honored to serve on the Board of Visitors for Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Being the first board member… — Ricardo Salinas Pliego Copy Share Image
Rap has so many possibilities that need to be explored. There are different factions of rap, but some are in a rut.… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Obstinacy, sir, is certainly a great vice; and in the changeful state of political affairs it is frequently the cause of great… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I think it is difficult to achieve a meaningful political coalition if you have race-based programs that divide members of the coalition.… — William Julius Wilson Copy Share Image
I respect people who come forward and speak, but I'm not asking most of the sex workers I interview now about their… — Melissa Gira Grant Copy Share Image
Go back and read Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here or Babbitt. For a guy or girl who's going to do… — David Cross Copy Share Image