A commonplace of political rhetoric has it that the quality of a civilization may be measured by how it cares for its… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
I believe that a writer has to tell what they think is the truth in a human experience. The truth of the… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
Well, Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is… — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
And judging what is appropriate or not appropriate for a country, I think it is important in particular in judging what is… — Lucas Papademos Copy Share Image
There is one solution to all of our problems: Teaching our kids clarity of thought and political representation in democracy. That's it. — Richard Dreyfuss Copy Share Image
While writing 'City Boy,' I relied mainly on my own memories. In particular, I was able to describe the effect of gay… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time in my political life talking about why it matters to have women in the decision making,… — Jeanne Shaheen Copy Share Image
The failure of political leaders to help uplift the poor will be judged a moral failure. — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
My art history papers were really politics. They were about the manifestation of culture through the eye of political events. So there… — Roselee Goldberg Copy Share Image
The women's movement is filled with tyrants, just as men's political movements are equally filled. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
There was really interesting work going on, for example, in the Mississippi bayou, where there were some really exemplary health centers that… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Even though the crime rate has dropped in recent years, the United States has more police per capita then any other nation… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Any time an elected official in the world we're in today that appears so dysfunctional challenges a core constituency not of their… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
To know what Fascism really is we must first of all know what it is we are fighting, what the Fascist regimes… — George Seldes Copy Share Image
Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will. — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
When a spectator approaches a painting with his own particular set of filters or theories, be they historical, political, intellectual or whatever… — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
Whatever the country, capitalist or socialist, man was everywhere crushed by technology, made a stranger to his own work, imprisoned, forced into… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Perhaps, when we examine the causes of many social changes and political upheavals, we will find the marks of its presence and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
1819 was a year of hunger, mass unemployment, political repression and murderous, state-sanctioned violence. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Never once have Democrats benefited from attempts at reasonableness and compromise and accommodation. To the contrary, Bush and his team seem to… — Jim Jordan Copy Share Image