I do have a big problem with the idea of music as a form of communication unless it's political - and that's… — Julia Holter Copy Share Image
...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Homo sapiens Yuck You contemporary fools laugh at religious and political lies spewed by sociopaths, lies that tether you forever to poverty… — Bobby Miller Copy Share Image
The issue of environmental quality is one which transcends traditional political boundaries. It is a cause which can attract, and very sincerely,… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
Science, like art, religion, political theory, or psychoanalysis - is work that holds out the promise of philosophic understanding, excites in us… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Although Verwoerd thought Africans were lower than animals, his death did not yield us any pleasure. Political assassination is not something I… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Nonviolent action involves opposing the opponent's power, including his police and military capacity, not with the weapons chosen by him but by… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
When people listen to people like me, those of us who have a platform, we have to say things that speak truth.… — Farrah Gray Copy Share Image
Like all of you I'm angry. I'm angry at what's happening to our nation. Citizens, it's time to take our country back.… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
There is no other way to settle the Syrian conflict other than by strengthening the existing legitimate government agencies, support them in… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
My political science degree is always on the back-burner. I took my LSAT, so even if I want to take the LSAT… — Vinny Guadagnino Copy Share Image
[Osip] Mandelstam, who wasn't a political thinker, loved the idea of the city-state. One of the emblems in his poetry of the… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
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“Aurelia frowned. "Are you saying that you hang around the women at court to gather intel?" "Oh, Your Grace, you are quick… — Therisa Peimer Copy Share Image
We could have a political movement going if it had been properly organized but the Monarchy's done itself enormous damage possibly beyond… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
Leo Strauss's discoveries in the history of political philosophy had the effect of liberating his students from the yoke of contemporary thought. — William Kristol Copy Share Image
It is an essential feature of the just state that the wealthy be kept away from political power and that the politically… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
[On her political writings:] It is, I confess, very possible that these my Labours may only be destined to line Trunks, or… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
When the goal of political action is no longer the defense of liberty, no word other than demagoguery can describe the despicable… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I think we should be prepared, given environmental and political change for large-scale migration. If sea levels rise and 200 million people… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Wall Street is perhaps the most powerful economic and political force in this country. You have companies like Goldman Sachs, who just… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
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The effect on the geo-cultural political map of Australia made by Gough Whitlam is so vast that wherever you stick the pin… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Painting is a very difficult thing. It absorbs the whole man, body and soul, thus have I passed blindly many things which… — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
I cannot doubt that women will line up, like the men elected, with the groups whose political thinking and convictions are in… — Edith Rogers Copy Share Image
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There isn't [in new atheism]. Nothing that wasn't in Bertrand Russell or probably Robert Ingersoll. But I suppose it is more of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
We have much studied and much perfected, of late, the great civilized invention of the division of labour; only we give it… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
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