The plain truth is that labor is the chief representative force that keeps the real special interests from dominating American political life. — Lane Kirkland Copy Share Image
To put it bluntly, American political opportunities are heavily loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The ongoing argument over whether the Enlightenment is a good thing is hardly a new facet of American political life. — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
In the American political system, you're only allowed to have real ideas if it's absolutely guaranteed that you can't win an election — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
A lot of America's success is because we're an open society and haven't brought dogma or religious influence into the American political… — Jeff Hawkins Copy Share Image
Most of the time, when their standard-bearers can't close the deal with the voting public, American political parties move on. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
It seems foolhardy to assume that the armed state will necessarily be benevolent. The American political tradition is, for good or ill,… — Sanford Levinson Copy Share Image
Reagan was the most important American political figure of the latter half of the 20th century. No one was more central to… — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
When you don't have accountability, there's no limit to the things that people will say. One of the restraints on the vitriol… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I think the United States is a pretty awesome country but it very plausibly would have been even awesomer had English… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
In previous years, Taylor Swift has been outspoken on the American political front as depicted in her documentary, 'Miss Americana.' In 2018,… — Brett Cooper Copy Share Image
I guess Trump is gone, but the shape that he gave to the American political and social environment - that still resonates.… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
The displacement of the idea that facts and evidence matter by the idea that everything boils down to subjective interests and perspectives… — Larry Laudan Copy Share Image
American political scions evoke a central contradiction in our thinking. We believe - or say we do - in nurture, not nature.… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
Here in the United States, when the term "fascist" gets used, it's either talking about other countries, ancient history or it's used… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
The billionaires and their super PACs increasingly control the American political process. This is not democracy. This is not what brave Americans… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
One of the reasons people feel so alienated from the American political process is in the fights we get in here in… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Clinton was super attuned to other people to the point where he talks about feeling other people's pain. Clinton is probably the… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I really think what's happening to the American political system is that it has been reduced to a system of self-perpetuation for… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become… — Irwin Redlener Copy Share Image
I think the tragedy of Barack Obama's presidency is that although a lot of people around the world really admire Barack Obama… — Peter Beinart Copy Share Image
