I witnessed a lot of violence, and I found myself asking the question: Do you ever use violence to try to bring… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
In political and social analysis, we still have not cut off the head of the king. — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I never met a politician who didn't want to be a guitar player in a rock band. I've got the opportunity to… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
At its grandest, political correctness is an attempt to accelerate evolution. — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
In the poetry of immigrants, nostalgia is as common as confetti at parades or platitudes at political conventions. — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
No economic, political or military power can compare with the power of a change of mind — Willis Harman Copy Share Image
I grew up in the sort of cultural milieu that always regarded conversations about the political discourse as tremendously low-brow. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Politics is like a race horse. A good jockey must know how to fall with the least possible damage. — Edouard Herriot Copy Share Image
The problem is that there is no reliable source of information left, no way to accumulate trusted accounts of the plusses and… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
If the American people really tire of democracy and want to make a trial of Fascism, I shall be the last person… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not… — Plato Copy Share Image
It seems to me it would be pretty awful if Canadians came to choose political leaders not for their political ideas and… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Many Afghan intellectuals in the United States believe that their country is best kept together. They are encouraged by the fact that… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
President Trump is doing what he can to act decisively. And if there's one thing most people have in mind in distinguishing… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
[John Adams and Tomas Jefferson] shared experience in 1775 - 1776 in bringing about the separation from Britain and their service in… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Nearly half the earth's surface is unclaimed by any country, so seasteads would be startup countries on the blue frontier. Patri Friedman… — Joe Quirk Copy Share Image
Political systems must love poverty-they produce so much of it. Poor people make easier targets for a demagogue. No Mao or even… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
People on a spiritual path - personal growth, spiritual practice, recovery, yoga and so forth - are the last people who should… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell there political and… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
As I think about anyone or anything -- whether history or literature or my father or political organizations or a poem or… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
New information technologies-including email, the web, and computerized blast-faxes and phone calls-have fundamentally changed the landscape of political competition in modern democracies.… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
The aim of every political Constitution, is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“I don't belong to any political party because I don't like parties.” — Amit Abraham Copy Share Image
Independence is a political concept, not a biological concept. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image