What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
What we need is a political and joyous alternative to the behaviorist discourse, the Christian discourse on evil or sin, and the… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a… — Ed Balls Copy Share Image
Rebut the negative, and the opposing campaign has not merely lost a skirmish, it has suffered almost irreparable damage. An effective rebuttal… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
Every ruling class has wanted only this: all the rewards and none of the burdens. The operational code is: we have a… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
The moment you have massive social and political commentary trying to explain a phenomenon, then you know we are no longer dealing… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
Capitalism’s biggest political enemies are not the firebrand trade unionists spewing vitriol against the system but the executives in pin-striped suits extolling… — Raghuram Rajan Copy Share Image
he issue of inequality in this country [USA], and the ways that money has captured our political system, are serious indicators of… — Cynthia Kauffman Copy Share Image
So the city became the material expression of a particular loss of innocence – not sexual or political innocence but somehow a… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Sometimes during a conversation with a journalist - where you are answering things you never normally talk about, not even with some… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Liberalism is that principle of political rights, according to which the public authority, in spite of being all-powerful, limits itself and attempts,… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
Only in my case, when my presidency ends, I will go back to my home industrial city town, 800 meters from my… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
What has happened here [aftermath of 9/11] is not war in its traditional sense. This is clearly a crime against humanity. War… — Benjamin B. Ferencz Copy Share Image
In U.S. history, war has served as an important diversionary tactic, causing the people at large to shift their attention away from… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
One of the things that perhaps we can learn through the political process about bringing people together is to remember South Carolina,… — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
We have only two sources of information about the character of the people around us: we judge them by what they do… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Holocaust Memorial Day is intended as an inclusive commemoration of all the individuals and communities who suffered as a result of the… — Jack Straw Copy Share Image
The theory of relativity worked out by Mr. Einstein, which is in the domain of natural science, I believe can also be… — Jiang Zemin Copy Share Image
Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights.… — Clarence Day Copy Share Image
I don't think of the New Urbanism as an economic or political train wreck. I think of it as one of these… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence to which these great men affixed their signatures is much more than a political document. It constitutes a… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
The U.S. views Morocco as an important friend, and we applaud your political and economic reforms that culminated with the recent parliamentary… — Donald Evans Copy Share Image
Liberty, whether natural, civil, or political, is the lawful power in the individual to exercise his corresponding rights. It is greatly favored… — Henry Campbell Black Copy Share Image
I'm a far cry from politically correct, because I don't really care what the political views are. I don't care what the… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Appeal for votes should not be made on basis of caste, creed, or communal. In a healthy democracy, this is not expected… — Rajnath Singh Copy Share Image
“legal emancipation remains an empty shell if it does not include public services, social housing, and funding to ensure that women can… — Nancy Fraser Copy Share Image
Abortion. Feminism. Online harassment. Social justice. Women's "no"s are constantly doubted and eroded in our culture. Saying "no" and sticking to it … — Lindy West Copy Share Image
The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Vladimir Putin will be up for reelection, and he has shifted his whole political strategy inside of Russia from one where he… — Michael McFaul Copy Share Image
Music does not exist in isolation, it is rooted in the political, the social, the cultural. We need to remember this at… — Lawrence English Copy Share Image
Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I trust the political system to be what it is. It's a structure to keep the country running, a boat to get… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I think one of the political problems we have in this country is the perspective that all soccer moms think alike, all… — Anne Northup Copy Share Image
Democracy was regarded as entering into a crisis in the 1960s. The crisis was that large segments of the population were becoming… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's good to learn and be engaged and listen to people, see what's going on. But that's not the motivator: if I… — Robert Del Naja Copy Share Image
I've watched politics for years. Republicans rarely get credit for the good things that happen in the economy during their watch. Democrats… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
What is the purpose of writing? For me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image