“Russell observes that "the merits of democracy are negative: it does not ensure good government, but it prevents certain evils," such as… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Growth thus moves forward only if not blocked by the economic losers who anticipate that their economic privileges will be lost and… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
Liberal criticism of George W. Bush's minority cabinet and staff selections reveals just how much the left has come to rely on… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
“Once she’d remarked, for example, that the problem, even for socialist countries, is that those people who are deeply committed to ideals… — Adelle Waldman Copy Share Image
“At the present time, political power is everywhere constituted on insufficient foundations. On the one hand it emanates from the so-called divine… — Edouard Schure Copy Share Image
All of the government's monetary, economic and political power, as well as its extensive propaganda machinery, will be enlisted in a constant… — Irwin Schiff Copy Share Image
“if an individual in a position of political power is a psychopath, he or she can create an epidemic of psychopathology in… — Andrzej Lobaczewski Copy Share Image
I think that people like Bloomberg, they're complete thugs. No question about it. But on the other hand, it must be said… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
“There is no need, in order to explain three-quarters of the opinions held about people, to go so far as a love… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“And the extraordinary thing is that according to these texts all powers, all the power and glory of the kingdoms, all that… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
“The fact that they did not ask for political power, however, did not mean that they were happy as ever. The native’s… — David Van Reybrouck Copy Share Image
I have come to see more and more that one of the most decisive steps that the Negro can take is that… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Still another danger is represented by those who, paying lip service to democracy and the common welfare, in their insatiable greed for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Chapter 4 Tyranny Is Tyranny Around 1776, certain important people in the English colonies made a discovery that would prove enormously useful… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Highly unequal societies are morally defective because they get to be that way through the exploitation by the clever and well-positioned ones… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
“In a society in which nearly everybody is dominated by somebody else's mind or by a disembodied mind, it becomes increasingly difficult… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
Like so many before him who have ruined countries around the world, Obama has a greatly inflated idea of his own capabilities… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Cyber trolls' deceptive manipulative, political power play, duplicity and devious hypocrisy cannot equate to true friendship.~ Angelica Hopes, K.H. Trilogy” — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
“In the absence of centralized decision-making, Hebrard's town plans for Indochina had no equivalent in France itself. This is because territorial development… — Helen Grant Ross 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
“Not one little fellow need fear that he will be forbidden to pluck his shining grape from the cluster of political Power,… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
Around the world, we see the results of exploitation which destroys much without taking future generations into account. Protecting the world's forests;… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“The challenge remains. On the other side are formidable forces: money, political power, the major media. On our side are the people… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The central base of world political power is right here in America, and it is our corrupt political establishment that is the… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
