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
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“IS WHERE POWER GOES”: the most significant factor in any equation that adds up to political power, Lyndon Johnson had assured his… — Robert A. Caro 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
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Increasingly independent black economic, cultural and political power gave Blacks more freedom to do what came natural to them. Divorced from White… — David Duke Copy Share Image
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“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
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America, like Britain before her, is now the great defender of the Status Quo. She has committed herself against revolution and radical… — Richard Barnet Copy Share Image
“The conflict is mainly between the two major linguistic groups, the Sinhalese and the Tamils. The two races are locked, as it… — V. Navaratnam Copy Share Image
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Speaker Pelosi is very political, but I haven't got the same power... Not saying I would refuse it. In fact, it's very… — Lindsay Hoyle Copy Share Image
The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys the commonwealth - that is, the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“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
If modernist naturalism were true, there would be no objective truth outside of science. In that case right and wrong would be… — Phillip E. Johnson Copy Share Image
America is a knowledge-based society, where information counts as much as material resources. Therefore those with the power to define what qualifies… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
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Russia - having sat across the table from Vladimir Putin, it's pretty clear when you meet him that he has an almost… — Carly Fiorina 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 political power had intervened, and such was its necessary effect. The Western farmers, who willingly took what appeared to be the… — Isabel Paterson 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
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
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
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
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An honest politician has no goodies to toss around. This limits his effectiveness profoundly, because political power in India is dispersed throughout… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
You must make women count as much as men; you must have an equal standard of morals; and the only way to… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
Viewed as a means to the end of political freedom, economic arrangements are important because of their effect on the concentration or… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Health care is a design problem. Dependence on foreign oil is a design problem. To some extent, poverty is a design problem.… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
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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
Democracy, taken in its narrower, purely political, sense, suffers from the fact that those in economic and political power possess the means… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
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