Virtue is the habit of acting according to wisdom. GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ, "Felicity", Leibniz: Political Writings Virtue is harder to be got… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
As the 2012 elections approach the finish line, the chatter among columnists and political reporters is about upcoming books that take readers… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were political enemies, but they became fast friends. And when they passed away on the same day,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
One has to explain to people that the EU in this form is the answer both to 1945 and to the 21st… — Peer Steinbruck Copy Share Image
One of the revelations in that book [Lincoln in the Bardo] for me was this idea about citizenship. Even that word -… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court consistently favors organized money and the political privileges of the corporate class. We have a Senate that is more… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
I try as hard as possible not to be pessimistic because I have never thought or believed that creating a Nigerian nation… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I wrote a number of poems about Kah Tai lagoon, when Safeway was building that huge, ugly store down there where I… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
O.J. Simpson was primarily interested in O.J. His rise to fame in the late '60s coincided with the period where black athletes… — Ezra Edelman Copy Share Image
It appears it would be quite un-American not to be suspicious of the government or to distrust it. History has taught them… — Ndabaningi Sithole Copy Share Image
“Chapter 4,‘Organised abuse and the pleasures of disbelief’, uses Zizek’s (1991) insights into cite political role of enjoyment to analyse the hyperbole… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
The cornerstones of this country's operation are economic and political strength and power. The black man doesn't have the economic strength -… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
There’s a whole psychological reason for those cartoons about good against evil. We have "Superman" and all those other hero people, so… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
When you're researching things that have happened, the clear narrative arc is not there already. This is the problem of writing nonfiction… — Misha Glenny Copy Share Image
I'm not shy about stating my opinion on political issues, so I can state my opinion, which is, on this one, Premier… — Naheed Nenshi Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as being non-political. Just by making a decision to stay out of politics you are making the… — Joan Kirner Copy Share Image
I have witnessed firsthand the anguish of this humanitarian tragedy - in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and other conflict and post-conflict zones.… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
We live in a culture that's been hijacked by the management consultant ethos. We want everything boiled down to a Power Point… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
You may twist the word freedom as long as you please, but at last it comes to quiet enjoyment of your own… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
Compare mathematics and the political sciences - it's quite striking. In mathematics, in physics, people are concerned with what you say, not… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The colonial experience all Muslim countrieswent through may be a factor in the fight against Western domination, British, French or whatever. They… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
Winston worked in the RECORDS DEPARTMENT (a single branch of the Ministry of Truth) editing and writing for The Times. He dictated… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
One way we exercise political freedom is to vote for the candidate of our choice. Another way is to use our money… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
I think that right now, the global political crisis that we see all over the place has to do with virulent nostalgia.… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Permanent mass unemployment destroys the moral foundations of the social order. The young people, who, having finished their training for work, are… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The political class can't imagine a decentralized world where good things happen...without them. But in the real world, that's exactly how good… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
The institution of representative government to us seems an essential part of democracy, but the ancients never thought of it. Its immense… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
My ardent desire is, and my aim has been . . . to comply strictly with all our engagements foreign and domestic;… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Young people today seem to be coming around to the idea it really doesn’t matter which politician or political party you vote… — James Morcan Copy Share Image
Today, America would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order. Tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I do not share the general view that market forces are the basis for political liberty. Every time I see a homeless… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
John F. Kennedy, who seized the White House from Richard Nixon in a frenzied campaign that turned a whole generation of young… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Adolescents have the right to be themselves. The fact that you were the belle of the ball, the captain of the lacrosse… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
One of the tools I like a lot is the Just Like Me practice. It's one of the empathy practices where we… — Mark Coleman Copy Share Image
Nothing better protects a human being against the stupidity of prejudice, racism, religious or political sectarianism, and exclusivist nationalism than this truth… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
There is a study that shows that people who were asked their political opinions, when there was a picture of the American… — Robert Cialdini Copy Share Image
Bloomberg says in this poll, leaders from across the political spectrum have condemned this policy, saying banning members of an entire religion… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
The Conquest is not a film about Nicolas Sarkozy - it's a film about political conquest. It's a Shakespearean expression, where we… — Xavier Durringer Copy Share Image
One cannot overstate the childishness of the ideas that feed and stir the masses. Real ideas must as a rule be simplified… — Sebastian Haffner Copy Share Image
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