Men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims. Thus, when plunder is organized by law for the profit of… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
“Europe’s war against debtor countries was turning into class war, which always ends up being waged on the political battlefield. One financial… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
“Nowhere did sociopathic avarice, deceit, imprudence, and political power combine more powerfully than in tax policy, which allowed the Boomers to reshuffle… — Bruce Cannon Gibney 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 human race will have no respite from evils until those who are really philosophers acquire political power or until, through some… — Plato Copy Share Image
I do get a sense that there's a huge disconnect between the political powers and what's really happening, so right-wing conservatives can… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Progressivism is a spectrum; it’s not an ideology following one leader saying one thing. It’s many people who have very wildly diverging… — Urvashi Vaid Copy Share Image
“Western ‘civilisation’ has been based on the ideas of ancient Greece, where the concept of ‘democracy’ (government by the people) assumed that… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
... woman's narrow and purist attitude toward life makes her a greater danger to liberty wherever she has political power. Man haslong… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Unless,” I said, “the philosophers rule as kings or those now called kings and chiefs genuinely and adequately philosophize, and political power… — Plato Copy Share Image
Creationists are possibly gaining more political power. In the U.S., you are constantly hearing stories of school boards harassing teachers and trying… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
High levels of economic inequality lead to imbalances in political power, as those at the top use their economic weight to shape… — Joseph Stiglitz 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
But veteran lawmakers torn apart by PTSD don't have a choice about being Exhibit A in the case against Washington politics. When… — Leon Kass Copy Share Image
Her seductive power, however, did not lie in her looks [...]. In reality, Cleopatra was physically unexceptional and had no political power,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The Pashtuns feel discriminated against by the Americans because they supported the Taliban and the war is still going on in their… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
The fate of hundreds of thousands of species on this planet may be decided in the next decade. To slow the rush… — Eban Goodstein Copy Share Image
I can very well say without hesitation that all those who have political power, even if they use it well have acquired… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
The UN should arrange, as US forces leave, for an international group of peacekeepers and negotiators from the Arab countries to bring… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“I think the whole student rebellion is not really a rebellion at all....They want a certain kind of identity; they're jockeying with… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
There is the past and its continuing horrors: violence, war, prejudices against those who are different, outrageous monopolization of the good earth's… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Not long ago, if you wanted to seize political power in a country you had merely to control the army and the… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
