--- title: "9 Centrism Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 Centrism quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Centrism sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/robert-reich-1333_bogus_centrism-is-bogus-1747718_1747718.png" --- > [Centrism is bogus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reich/centrism-is-bogus/) [Robert Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/robert-reich-1333_bogus_centrism-is-bogus-1747718_1747718.png) > [“Political centrism ≠ neutrality. Being a centrist doesn't make you unbiased; it biases you in favour of the centre.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-ulyate/political-centrism-neutrality-being-a-centrist-doesn-t-make-you/) [Rodney Ulyate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-ulyate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/rodney-ulyate-50037_2013_political-centrism-neutrality-being-a-ce_1730893.jpg) > [Historically we have rejected extremism on the left and the right. Centrism is the right course for America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-brooke/historically-we-have-rejected-extremism-on-the-left-and-the-right/) [Edward Brooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-brooke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/edward-brooke-33235_america_historically-we-have-rejected-extremism_3109247.jpg) > [Now fiscal responsibility is generally a good thing, and so a centrism mindlessly focused on tweaking legislation away from deficit spending has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-douthat/now-fiscal-responsibility-is-generally-a-good-thing-and-so-a-centrism/) [Ross Douthat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-douthat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/ross-douthat-2949_away_now-fiscal-responsibility-is-generally-a_2398868.png) > [I'm an avowed centrist, and I believe that - centrism is often - it's almost the wrong word to use, because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-m-an-avowed-centrist-and-i-believe-that-centrism-is-often-it-s/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/tony-blair-812_believe_i-m-an-avowed-centrist-and-i-believe-tha_967440.jpg) > [“No centrism based on the temporary historical "glory" of any nation or region should any longer be allowed to distort our universal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-centrism-based-on-the-temporary-historical-glory-of-any-nation-or/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/anonymous-1_ethnocentrism_no-centrism-based-on-the-temporary-histo_2837739.jpg) > [“Buddhism in general and Centrism in particular is not meant as a philosophical edifice but as a set of tools for experientially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/buddhism-in-general-and-centrism-in-particular-is-not-meant-as-a/) [Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/karl-brunnholzl-4600_ball-game_buddhism-in-general-and-centrism-in-part_1787605.jpg) > [“Kamalasila's Illumination of Centrism explains: Thus, those who cannot understand all at once that all phenomena lack a nature, for the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/kamalasila-s-illumination-of-centrism-explains-thus-those-who-cannot/) [Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/karl-brunnholzl-4600_psychology_kamalasila-s-illumination-of-centrism-ex_2825211.jpg) > [“In brief, if Centrism is explained as a consistent philosophical, ontological, or logical system, that may appeal to our wish for some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/in-brief-if-centrism-is-explained-as-a-consistent-philosophical/) [Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/karl-brunnholzl-4600_faith_in-brief-if-centrism-is-explained-as-a-c_2587283.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/centrism/#itemlist", "name": "Centrism Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Centrism is bogus.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Reich" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reich/centrism-is-bogus/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/robert-reich-1333_bogus_centrism-is-bogus-1747718_1747718.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/robert-reich-1333_bogus_centrism-is-bogus-1747718_1747718.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/robert-reich-1333_bogus_centrism-is-bogus-1747718_1747718.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Centrism is bogus.” — Robert Reich", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Political centrism ≠ neutrality. 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From the point of view of the Buddha, Nagarjuna, and Candrakirti, it is not at all the point to be eloquent and erect an impressive monument of brilliant ideas and concepts. If anything, this is the complete antithesis (if there is such a thing) of what Buddhism and Centrism are about and just turns the whole project of striving for the freedom from reference points upside down. Particularly in Centrism, we are not talking about philosophical elegance, systemic coherence, or the need to make perfect sense on the level of conceptual conventions, but about the liberation of our mind, which is a different ball game altogether. 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Therefore, [ The Sutra of the Arrival in Lanka X.154ab] says: Apprehender and apprehended cease In those who look with reasoning. 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Usually, we just want to have something that makes good sense, something on which we can build our belief systems or, in the case of Centrism, a belief system for why and how we should not have any belief system. However, all attempts to force Centrism into any kind of system at all must necessarily fail due to the very nature of what Centrism is: the radical deconstruction of any system and conceptualization whatsoever, including itself. Reintroducing into Centrism any notions of justification, validity, or making sense (with more subtle ones being more tricky here than gross ones) precisely reestablishes and fortifies the very traps that the Centrist approach wants us to let go of altogether. 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