My grandparents would have big, long arguments that were entertaining and that's where I first noticed, and was thrilled by, political discourse. — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
It's important that people understand who I am and where I come from and not just have it shaped by purely political… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
My feeling is, Twitter's free. If people want to have a political discourse with me on Twitter, and they disagree with me,… — Josh Groban Copy Share Image
“When will we realize that the concessions we have made to faith in our political discourse have prevented us from even speaking… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I feel like musicians have such a precarious place in the political discourse, because musicians are, sort of just by nature, people-pleasers. — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that's happened in American political life. — John Silber Copy Share Image
I did learn that some of the things that are great for locker rooms are inappropriate for political discourse. That's a wisdom… — George Allen Copy Share Image
It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I used to be very impatient with anyone who wasn't doing overtly political work. I've since come to… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
Our country's political discourse and debate are enriched by discussions of the political implications of our faith traditions, whether they are taking… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've become very interested in the spectrum of political discourse as seen on the cable news channels that are conveniently right in… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Whenever I become discouraged (which is on alternate Tuesdays, between three and four) I lift my spirits by remembering: The artists are… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“But Roosevelt understood that the political costs of any public condemnation of Nazi persecution or any obvious effort to ease the entry… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Americans should not have to wonder if their government is actively looking to subvert them or their political views. We live in… — Mike Turner Copy Share Image
If you listen to the political discourse in America today, you would think that all our problems have been caused by the… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
Our support for the Shah, the CIA coup in 1953 - has become infused into the Iranian political discourse. The regime that… — Kenneth M. Pollack Copy Share Image
I think the press, by and large, is what we call "liberal". But of course what we call "liberal" means well to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Like most terms of political discourse, socialism has more or less, lost its meaning. Socialism used to mean something. If you go… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We have entered an Orwellian era in which entitlement replaces responsibility, coercion is described as compassion, compulsory redistribution is called sharing, race… — Theodore J. Forstmann Copy Share Image
“But there's one word. You look at any other term of political discourse, and you're going to find the same thing: the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Much of the left's hate speech bears greater similarity to a psychological disorder than to standard political discourse. The hatred is blinding,… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily have any designs in being in politics for the rest of my life. I don't necessarily think that this… — Markos Moulitsas Copy Share Image
Virtually all political discourse in the days of my youth was devoted to the ferreting out of hypocrisy... Because they were hypocrites,… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“In the nine years since [Robert] Harris’s novel [Conclave] was published our culture has, if anything, become more enamored with certainty, not… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
“Liberals dominate most of the leading opinion-making areas of American life-- journalism, the movie and television industries, academia, the publishing industry, the… — David E. Bernstein Copy Share Image
“The point is that television does not reveal who the best man is. In fact, television makes impossible the determination of who… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
“them out if they make dumb choices. Let them struggle; let them learn; let them take responsibility. They need to figure out… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Political discourse in America has gotten so out of control that it's emboldened people to ruin the lives of those they disagree… — Chuck Woolery Copy Share Image
I am troubled that sometimes in our political discourse we spend all of our time focused on the challenges of the next… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I felt like there wasn't a political discourse. I felt like there was just one set of values, and any one set… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
Politics isn't something that really interested me; I, of course, care about what's going on in the world, but so much of… — Mike O'Malley Copy Share Image
Political discourse has become so rotten that it's no longer possible to tell the stench of one presidential candidate from the stink… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“you don’t get far in political discourse with counterfactual arguments that “it would have been even worse.” — Alan S. Blinder Copy Share Image
I grew up in the sort of cultural milieu that always regarded conversations about the political discourse as tremendously low-brow. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
The shortcoming of purely political discourse between Christians and Jews arises from the fact that it is largely built upon the perception… — David Novak Copy Share Image
Nima Shirazi is a rare voice of rational analysis and political insight that provides an eloquent counter to the pervasive absurdities that… — Susan Abulhawa Copy Share Image
“How delighted would be all the kings, czars and führers of the past (and commissars of the present) to know that censorship… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
I think the reason you see so many people dropping out of politics is because there's an anti-poetic strain in modern political… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
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