They [politicians] have defined the war simply in terms of the detonation of explosives. When you look at the broader picture, America… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
It [9/11] transcended the political and moved into the metaphysical. There was a kind of cosmic, demonic quality of mind at work… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
We need to confront the crisis of Islamic extremism and the Islamists and Islamic terror of all kinds. We must stop what… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
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The Nazi Party was, in the early 1920s, but one among many nationalist and volkisch radical political groups. It was catapulted to… — Mary Fulbrook Copy Share Image
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If liberty is worth keeping and free representative government worth saving, we must stand for all American fundamentals-not some, but all. All… — Albert J. Beveridge Copy Share Image
It was a step forward to charge Pinochet with terrorism, and to acknowledge that the essence of the crime is the use… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
In the course of evolution nature has gone to endless trouble to see that every individual is unlike every other individual…Physically and… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times. Princes and potentates, political or industrial,… — George Ellery Hale Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump] has really started his political activity based on this racist lie that our first black president was not an American… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I see no reason to believe that the Vietnamese Communist Party will lose control over the reins of power in Vietnam. There… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
My efforts to prevent closing of the gold window-working through Connally, Volcker, and Shultz-do not seem to have succeeded. The gold window… — Arthur F. Burns Copy Share Image
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Geopolitics needs not just rhetoric, not just certain instincts, not just political skillful manipulation; it needs vision and what the Germans call… — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
When we support or vote for candidates outside the two major political parties we are immediately lectured about wasting our vote or… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
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The theory of social contracts extends as far back as Plato. However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke,… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
Yes, I share your concern: how to program well -though a teachable topic- is hardly taught. The situation is similar to that… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
And so today, the undermining of the home and family is on the increase, with the devil anxiously working to displace the… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The Revolution won't happen with guns, rather it will happen incrementally, year by year, generation by generation. We will gradually infiltrate their… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
Politicians detest self-sufficient citizens. Politicians need to be needed. When we get socialized medicine, you will be completely dependent upon politicians for… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
My original book [Straight to the Heart: Political Cantos] was 1,700 pages. The first editor brought it down to 700; there was… — Angela Alioto Copy Share Image
And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me,… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
It is my personal conviction that almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
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I assured the prime minister, my administration will work hard to lay the foundation of peace in the Middle - to work… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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Modernity is the ensemble of changes - intellectual, political, economic, social, cultural, technological, aesthetic - that have altered the world drastically since… — George Scialabba Copy Share Image
Much of the left's hate speech bears greater similarity to a psychological disorder than to standard political discourse. The hatred is blinding,… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The tea party saved the Republican Party. In a broad sense, the tea party rescued it from being the fat, unhappy, querulous… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
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I was raised the old-fashioned way, with a stern set of moral principles: Never lie, cheat, steal or knowingly spread a venereal… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Nudity in photography, whether involving adults or children, is a subject sinking under a freight of political and moral disapproval it could… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
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![“They [politicians] have defined the war simply in terms of the detonation of explosives. When you look at the broader picture, America is mired in two wars that we're losing at the moment. We have a political environment that is as poisonous as anything I've seen, at least since the end of Vietnam.” quote by Michael Scheuer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/michael-scheuer-7471_america_they-politicians-have-defined-the-war-si_1405695.png)
![“It [9/11] transcended the political and moved into the metaphysical. There was a kind of cosmic, demonic quality of mind at work here, which refused to have any interest in dialogue and political organization and persuasion. This was bloody-minded destruction for no other reason than to do it.” quote by Edward Said](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/edward-said-6412_bloody_it-9-11-transcended-the-political-and-mo_861231.jpg)
![“[F]or the most part football these days is the opium of the people, not to speak of their crack cocaine. Its icon is the impeccably Tory, slavishly conformist Beckham. The Reds are no longer the Bolsheviks. Nobody serious about political change can shirk the fact that the game has to be abolished…” quote by Terry Eagleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/terry-eagleton-1660_beckham_f-or-the-most-part-football-these-days-i_303401.jpg)
![“[Donald Trump] has really started his political activity based on this racist lie that our first black president was not an American citizen. There was absolutely no evidence for it, but he persisted, he persisted year after year, because some of his supporters, people that he was trying to bring…” quote by Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3df/hillary-clinton-51_activity_donald-trump-has-really-started-his-poli_3107298.jpg)
![“And so today, the undermining of the home and family is on the increase, with the devil anxiously working to displace the father as the head of the home and create rebellion among the children. [Isaiah] describes the condition when [he] states, "As for my people, children are their oppressors, and…” quote by Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d4/ezra-taft-benson-443_abortion_and-so-today-the-undermining-of-the-home_1407322.png)
![“My original book [Straight to the Heart: Political Cantos] was 1,700 pages. The first editor brought it down to 700; there was a lot that didn't make it in. But at last it's finished. I had a hard time signing off on it. And I was worried about it hurting anyone I loved even indirectly. I sat in…” quote by Angela Alioto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/angela-alioto-29373_being-judged_my-original-book-straight-to-the-heart-p_929484.jpg)
![“I worked for Hillary [Clinton] when I was young - when she was running for the Senate. I was fundraising and things, I see all of these people as political in a way that isn't humanistic. I'm just watching and hoping that someone is going to distinguish himself or herself as comprehending what we…” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/patti-smith-394_clinton_i-worked-for-hillary-clinton-when-i-was_2636070.jpg)
