Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship. — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
Political discourse has been reduced to "Where's the beef?" "Read my lips," and "Make my day." Where are the assassins when we… — George Carlin 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
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
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
There is a lot of noise and conflict in our political discourse, which is fun to cover, but I'm convinced from my… — John King Copy Share Image
“If we don't start caring about whether people tell the truth or not, it's going to be literally impossible to restore anything… — Al Franken 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
Why is one view permissible and the other criminally barred-other than because the force of law is being used to control political… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
It would be a big favor to political discourse; to our ability to do our work here in Congress; and to the… — Jay Rockefeller Copy Share Image
If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Infuriated by the sniping from within his own administration and encouraged by Federalist partisans, Washington could have used the powers of his… — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
There's public health risks to doing large political gatherings, but in this country - and we do still live in America -… — Tate Reeves Copy Share Image
The best thing we can do when we want to elevate civil dialogue in our American political discourse is to do whatever… — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
“Many hesitate to even start an open discussion that could awaken the people, knowing they must be prepared to face online trolls… — E. Ravago Copy Share Image
A new race-neutral language was developed for appealing to old racist sentiments, a language accompanied by a political movement that succeeded in… — Michelle Alexander 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
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
“History reveals that the seeds of the new system of control were planted well before the end of the Civil Rights Movement.… — Michelle Alexander 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
“the growing materialism of our societies. This materialism informs political discourse at every level, making wealth and its distribution the only issue… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The domestic NSA-led Surveillance State which Frank Church so stridently warned about has obviously come to fruition. The way to avoid its… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
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
If you have a society where a large section believe they are not part of the political discourse, that is a situation… — Ken Loach 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
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
The public discourse on global warming has little in common with the standards of scientific discourse. Rather, it is part of political… — Richard Lindzen Copy Share Image
“A MAIN ARGUMENT of this book concerns how so many parts of American life have morphed into forms of entertainment. From 1980… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
“For us, scientific literacy constitutes the knowledge you need to understand public issues. It is a mix of facts, vocabulary, concepts, history,… — Robert M. Hazen Copy Share Image
The dominance of [an ideology] is shown by the fact that the dominated classes live their conditions of political existence through the… — Nicos Poulantzas 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
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
In Israel, there is this reduction of the political discourse to something that is very limited. It's as if you have that… — Etgar Keret 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
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
It's pretty standard fare in political discourse. You misconstrue what somebody said. You isolate a statement, you lend your interpretation to it… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image