I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism. — John Updike Copy Share Image
Nineteenth-century grass-roots populism made twentieth-century progressivism possible. — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Economic populism was, pre-Trump, a Midwestern Democrat's bread and butter. — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
“It's freedom of speech, not freedom from consequences and/or ridicule.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
Few things trigger fear and misconception more than economic tribulation, and nothing prompts elected officials to react with more simplistic populism. — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
If you wish the sympathy of the broad masses, you must tell them the crudest and most stupid things. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Trump is a product of a seething populism and nationalism that is the driving political force. — Steve Bannon Copy Share Image
The question for Obama is how he can rein in the furies of populism while making us all feel the malefactors of… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
The surge in right-wing populism and the phenomenon of Trump are related. You can think of them together as the same problem. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful. — Valentina Matviyenko Copy Share Image
The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism. Ecopopulism. To change our laws and culture, the green movement justice, political… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
“Populism and elitism are the same thing. They are class prejudices, crude class prejudices that so-and-so, because they are uneducated, is less… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
A sort of angry populism here in the UK and across Europe, a sort of anti-political mood and what then steps into… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
Throughout the west, the rise of populism has shaken establishments, with politicians and commentators asking why there has been a resurgent interest… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Canada has had populist movements in the past, virtually since its inception. I don't think the central Canadian elites have ever understood… — Preston Manning Copy Share Image
“Democratic citizenship in an anxious world can be deeper, more informed citizenship. Without full spectrum of voices from partisan political elites, though,… — Bethany Albertson Copy Share Image
In 1976, Jimmy Carter - peanut farmer; carried his own suitcase, imagine that - somewhat tapped America's durable but shallow reservoir of… — George Will Copy Share Image
I would caution against fueling cheap populism. First of all, every German who has spent a vacation in Greece knows that the… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
In Europe, populism is sort of a dirty word, but we have this wonderful history of populism in America, including the abolitionist… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Populism is folkish, patriotism is not. One can be a patriot and a cosmopolitan. But a populist is inevitably a nationalist of… — John Lukacs Copy Share Image
The interesting thing is that the 82% of the Greeks do not want to abandon the Euro. They really believe that there… — Dora Bakoyannis Copy Share Image
“..."extreme capitalism": the obsessive, uncritical penetration of the concept of the market into every aspect of American life, and the attempt to… — James K. Galbraith Copy Share Image
Populism is at its essence just determined focus on helping people be able to get out of the iron grip of the… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
“The radical philosophy offered, for many African Americans, the most promise. It was predicated on a searing critique of large corporations, particularly… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot-box,… — Ignatius Donnelly Copy Share Image
I think the people like myself who are in the center ground of politics and who think that center left and center… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Do you know what causes low voter turnout in America? It's the result of having the fate of our nation at stake.… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
Populism, literally, means speaking for 'the people.' In practice it means demagoguery. — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
I don't think there Is a way politically to beat "Insurgent Movement Of Populism". — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Populism is about is alienation in large numbers of people, but aggravated and provoked by a deteriorating economic conditions. — Preston Manning Copy Share Image
However vain our entire political class or organizations are, in the name of cynicism we cannot bend towards authoritarian populism. — Padmapriya Janakiraman Copy Share Image