The rout of fascism, in which the Soviet Union played the decisive role, generated a mighty tide of socio-political changes which swept… — Leonid Brezhnev Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of different forms of public service, but there's no form of public service that can make more difference… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
For decades, the plight of the Palestinian people has been exacerbated by internal corruption, a lack of effective investment, and the political… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
My art and poetry is very political now. Because you've got to find that truth within you and express yourself. Somewhere out… — Jack Bowman Copy Share Image
.Women's Studies can amount simply to compensatory history; too often they fail to challenge the intellectual and political structures that must be… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
I don't believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans aren't… — Margaret Chase Smith Copy Share Image
Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The kid is… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Multiculturalism asserts that all cultures are equal and therefore none may criticize another; intellectuals and politicians are therefore reluctant to declare the… — Edwin A. Locke Copy Share Image
You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people's souls… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Even those who specialize in the history of philosophy often ignore the political and cultural context, and the natural world in which… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Imagine if the political elites in our country were forced to endure the same conditions at the airport as business travelers, families,… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The United Nations and the Organization of American States have named 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent. This… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The ruthless economic exploitation and political oppression of the peasants by the landlord class forced them into numerous uprisings against its rule…… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Had we gone the invasion… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Although drugs are immoral and must be kept from the young, thousands of schools pressure parents to give the drug Ritalin to… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
For too long the development debate has ignored the fact that poverty tends to be characterized not only by material insufficiency but… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
A lot of people pulled me up after 'Trainspotting' for its absence of politics, but the argument I make is that the… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Political activists of all stripes are usually a wacky bunch, and never more so than in a system like Britain's, where power… — Will Self Copy Share Image
The American political machinery is awesome to behold in its scale and expense and waste and madness. It's the greatest circus on… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Picture time travel as nothing more than knocking your half-read book to the floor and losing your place. You pick up the… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Journalism and the news has become not only a means to debate but also to judge and deconstruct celebrity, the news story,… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
Forced to choose, the poor, like the rich, love money more than political liberty; and the only political freedom capable of enduring… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However,… — Tadashi Yanai Copy Share Image
Surely we have had enough of confusing maleness with "usefulness" and other human virtues. If men had a more modest view of… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
It seems very unfortunate that in order to secure political preference, people are made Vice President who are never intended, neither by… — Omar N. Bradley Copy Share Image
I think they do have to get it right in Sierra Leone. There has to be something in there now to establish… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The myth of Donald Trump is that he is immune to scandal - that there's nothing he could say or do that… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
How do you think the transition from the present situation to community of Property is to be effected? The first, fundamental condition… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
In ancient times, bodily strength and dexterity, being of greater use and importance in war, was also much more esteemed and valued,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
It's not that we must convince people to believe in democracy as a notion or as a political aspiration; it's that we… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share Image
You don't want to be ungenerous toward people who give you prizes, but it is never the social or political message that… — John Irving Copy Share Image
The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong for us to pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious… — Alva Myrdal Copy Share Image
Conservatives insist that government should be "run more like a business." One might wonder how that could be possible, since government does… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that… — Nassau William Senior Copy Share Image
We will stop the terrorist attacks before they occur because we will not be prisoners to political correctness. Rather, we will speak… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
There is a difference. If you kill to take money or rob, it is plain murder, but if you kill because of… — Rudolf Hoss Copy Share Image
My books are not 'political.' I don't make political demands. They actually describe life. But when we look at human life, politics… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
