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
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
Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
I think I've always been extremely conscious of the kind of empowerment that comes from realizing that you're in a position to… — J. Robbins Copy Share Image
I campaigned for [Barack] Obama for more than a year. I was in Iowa, Minnesota, California, Arizona - just traveling around to… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
It is that the Mail constantly dares to stand up to the liberal-left consensus that dominates so many areas of British life… — Paul Dacre Copy Share Image
Tunisia's responsibility, and especially that of its political and intellectual elites, is enormous. All the protagonists of the nation's social, cultural, economic… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
At first, I felt bad judging an entire state by one county political official, but then I found out Morrison had also… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Liberals don't care. Their approach is to rip out society's foundations without asking if they serve any purpose. Why do we have… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Literary men are being employed to praise a big business man personally, as men used to praise a king. They not only… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I'm not really a political-type person, meaning that I don't really make great stands or whatever, but if you ask me a… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
They're willing to accept changes on the part of the U.S. that contribute to more money entering Cuba so they can benefit.… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The widespread abuse of prisoners is a virtually foolproof indication that politicians are trying to impose a system--whether political, religious or economic--that… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
It's important for me to not historicize. I work to diffuse the issue of identity and to intensify identification. You have to… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I'm a message guy, per se. I write about people.… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Because, unlike courage and wisdom, which made our state brave and wise by being present in a particular part of it, discipline… — Plato Copy Share Image
Commercial interests with their advertising industry do not want people to develop contentment and less greed. Military interests in economic, political, ethnic… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
To educate the masses politically does not mean, cannot mean, making a political speech. What it means is to try, relentlessly and… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Whenever vanity and gaiety, a love of pomp and dress, furniture, equipage, buildings, great company, expensive diversions, and elegant entertainments get the… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
In raising the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates in the same manner as simple interest does in the accumulation… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
If we could understand the full significance of a woman's hat we could prophesy her clothes for the next year, the interior… — James Laver Copy Share Image
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
The gains we made in the United States that have made our country great have, in large part, been made over the… — Byron Dorgan 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
Can Ken Starr ignore the apparent breadth of the sympathetic response to the President's speech? Facially, it finally dawned on me that… — Keith Olbermann Copy Share Image
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
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
[F]or the most part football these days is the opium of the people, not to speak of their crack cocaine. Its icon… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
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
I think we are becoming more and more linked, and before long, we'll all be one culture. It's happening in every field,… — Tom Ford 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
On the way from the Renaissance to our days we have enriched our experience, but we have lost the concept of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The wrong people will do everything in their power to guarantee that the wrong political climate will continue. It seems, then, that… — William A. Dembski Copy Share Image
You see these dictators up on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. They're… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better idea is… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
In relation to the political decontamination of our public life, the government will embark upon a systematic campaign to restore the nation's… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Gay is a subculture, a slur, a set of gestures, a slang, a look, a posture, a parade, a rainbow flag, a… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
Libertarianism is neither of the left nor of the right. It is unique. It is sui generis. It is apart from left… — Walter Block Copy Share Image
The political system of the United States is essentially extra-European. To stand in firm and cautious independence of all entanglement in the… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
I think that being liberal, in the true sense, is being nondoctrinaire, nondogmatic, noncomitted to a cause but examining each case on… — Walter Cronkite 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 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 campaigned for [Barack] Obama for more than a year. I was in Iowa, Minnesota, California, Arizona - just traveling around to help get the word out. It was such a huge, spirited campaign, and so positive. But you travel around to cities in the U.S. now and there's just this hopelessness that has…” quote by Scarlett Johansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/scarlett-johansson-2233_administration_i-campaigned-for-barack-obama-for-more-t_1831554.jpg)
![“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)
