Contrary to popular opinion, the Constitution was not - and is not - a grant of rights to the citizenry. Instead, the… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
It is sad to witness the persistence in our society of the racism and xenophobia that seems to be a permanent part… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
I have an intense personal interest in making the use of American capital in the development of China an instrument for the… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Thanks to the Internet in general and social media in particular, the Chinese people now have a mechanism to hold authorities accountable… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
...it was always our view that in order to attain this [proletarian revolution] and the other far more important aims of the… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
It's usually pointed out that women are not fit for political power, and ought not to be trusted with a vote because… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
All political power is primarily an illusion. Illusion. Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
We in the West have arranged our institutions to prevent the concentration of political power. … But we have failed utterly to… — Matthew Crawford Copy Share Image
“There exists a subterranean world where pathological fantasies disguised as ideas are churned out by crooks and half-educated fanatics [notably the lower… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
The American Fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact… They cultivate hate and distrust of both… — Henry A. Wallace Copy Share Image
Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy,… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
“The Active Life If an expert does not have some problem to vex him, he is unhappy! If a philosopher's teaching is… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
We're in a very, very profound crisis. It's so obvious that no one in the power structure, either the corporate power structure… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
“I believe it was Napoleon who first sensed the ease with which, in modern society, the illusion of freedom can be created… — Robert A. Nisbet Copy Share Image
“Without the changes in political institutions and political power similar to those that emerged in England after 1688, there was little chance… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“Murdoch believed he understood better than younger men, even seventy-year-old Trump, that political power was fleeting. (This was in fact the same… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
I never imagined when I wrote my first book on Strauss that the unscrupulous elite that he elevates would ever come so… — Shadia Drury Copy Share Image
“We must distinguish between military and political power. Political power is a psychological relation between those who exercise it and those over… — Hans J. Morgenthau Copy Share Image
The diminishing economic role of the United States in the global economy means that global political power will also become more dispersed.… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
“Thus, the proclaimed goal of affirmative action advocates is to "level the playing field." It is defined this way to highlight the… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
We ain't gonna fight no reactionary pigs who run up and down the street being reactionary; we're gonna organize and dedicate ourselves… — Fred Hampton Copy Share Image
“During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as humanism gained increasing social credibility and political power, it sprouted two very different offshoots: socialist… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“In the sense of worldly advantage, it no longer signified whether people thought of him as having been an authentic man of… — Marisa Linton Copy Share Image
When our party took over political power, the exploiting classes and reactionary forces went into action. The only rusty and antiquated tool… — Nur Muhammad Taraki Copy Share Image
“The Cynics emphasized that true happiness is not found in external advantages such as material luxury, political power, or good health. True… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
This is me putting it simply; the politicians are one demographic and they see that Arizona is changing. I feel like the… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance… — Ezra Cornell Copy Share Image
Worldwide, the twentieth century has seen the rise of extraordinary concentrations of economic and political power - evoking the people as the… — Thomas L. Dumm Copy Share Image
Communism is an aspiration, an aspiration is an ideal, a dream, a longing of something that would be perfect, but hard to… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
By their subjugation of the press, the political powers in America have conferred on themselves the greatest of political blessings -- Gyges'… — Walter Karp Copy Share Image
When someone who wields political power does something you dislike or disagree with, it's incumbent upon you to object, criticize, and demand… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Every politically controlled educational system will inculcate the doctrine of state supremacy sooner or later. . . . Once that doctrine has… — Isabel Paterson Copy Share Image
Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
Ideas are very important to the shaping of society. In fact, they are more powerful than bombings or armies or guns. And… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Have you ever visited that portion of Erin's plot that offers its sympathetic soil for the minute survey and scrutinous examination of… — Amanda McKittrick Ros Copy Share Image
Museums have no political power, but they do have the possibility of influencing the political process. This is a complete change from… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
The political objective of universal capitalism is maximum individual autonomy, the separation of political power wielded by the holders of public office… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
[S]tatism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. It leaves men no choice but to fight to seize political… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
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