If democracy is ever to be threatened, it will not be by revolutionary groups burning government offices and occupying the broadcasting and… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
Here we must distinguish between society and culture. A society can be interested in a man or woman only as a political… — Laurence Boldt Copy Share Image
“I think politics is deadly to write about, frankly. If you have a political agenda and you set out to write a… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
The leading student of business propaganda, Australian social scientist Alex Carey, argues persuasively that “the 20th century has been characterized by three… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The historic role of the Conservative Party is to use the leverage of its political and diplomatic skills to create a fresh… — Edward Heath Copy Share Image
Music, to me, was - is - representative of everything I like most in life. It's beautiful and fun, but very rigorous.… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
If we want to talk about the coarsening of the culture, I hope you devote a whole two hours for it and… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
For too long the development debate has ignored the fact that poverty tends to be characterized not only by material insufficiency but… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
There is also a great deal of behind-the-scenes pressure from political funders too. And by funders I don't just mean the fossil… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I have never been political, which for a straight white man that's kind of a byproduct of privilege growing up that I… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
Factual truth is always related to other people: it concerns events and circumstances in which many are involved; it is established by… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
No Irish nationalist could support any treaty which institutionalizes British government claims to a part of Irish national territory. Indeed, the term… — Gerry Adams Copy Share Image
I don't know if I even consider myself a very political person. I have always had strong beliefs on important social issues.… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people's souls… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Even those who specialize in the history of philosophy often ignore the political and cultural context, and the natural world in which… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
In the case of Donald Trump I think you've got to accept that a lot of what's going on in political discourse… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
We're certain there are people that can't stand what America stands for... We're certain there are madmen in this world, and there's… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Our experience of the governments of the world, our knowledge of the weapons at their disposal, and our awareness of our own… — David Dellinger Copy Share Image
Extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Had we gone the invasion… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Although drugs are immoral and must be kept from the young, thousands of schools pressure parents to give the drug Ritalin to… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Imagine if the political elites in our country were forced to endure the same conditions at the airport as business travelers, families,… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The ruthless economic exploitation and political oppression of the peasants by the landlord class forced them into numerous uprisings against its rule…… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The United Nations and the Organization of American States have named 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent. This… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The absence of utopianism in the Constitution, law, and traditional political culture has been ... important in limiting expectations concerning what can… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
I think the Democrats are going to have to be willing to give up, maybe, some short-term political gain by whipping up… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
All those who, since Adam Smith, have turned their attention to Political Economy, agree that in reality we do not buy articles… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
Erasmus dramatizes a well-established political position: that of the fool who claims license to criticize all and sundry without reprisal, since his… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
The degree to which the people of America are being dumbed down on purpose every day is striking. And all for the… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
When you go to a church and you see the pastor of that church with a philosophy and a program that's designed… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“In response to be asked about Boris Johnson becoming UK Prime Minister... "I'm delighted. As the UK continues to plunge ever faster… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share Image
The right to express one's views, practice one's faith, peacefully assemble with others to pursue political or social change - these are… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
What is the use of freedom of the press if the government is in possession of all the printing presses, what does… — Eugen Richter Copy Share Image
Newsweek recently asked American women which women they admire the most, and the answer varied, actually, depending on which political party you… — Michel Martin Copy Share Image
We have evidence all around us in our daily analytic practice and in contemporary world history that this earth-shaking archetypal event is… — Edward F Edinger Copy Share Image
However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who brought the concept of a… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
Citizens as conceived by governments are persons who admire the status quo and are prepared to exert themselves for its preservation. Oddly… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I phoned the KKK Grand Wizard David Duke in Louisiana and asked why my membership was being delayed. He said my application… — Ron Stallworth Copy Share Image
I never imagined when I wrote my first book on Strauss that the unscrupulous elite that he elevates would ever come so… — Shadia Drury Copy Share Image