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
I don't think the standard of our politicians is very high. And when you get good ones, world-class ones, like a Blair… — Andrew Neil Copy Share Image
The government believed that adherence to authority was human nature, so the Gezi protests were a real surprise to them. After the… — Safak Pavey Copy Share Image
For a good part of my childhood, we were super poor and lived in government housing. I don't characterize the American dream… — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
If I were asked about what to do about the level of insecurity and anxiety in contemporary Australian society, I wouldn't start… — Hugh Mackay Copy Share Image
It used to be that conservatives who were in government, like myself, we would get what we felt was unfair coverage, we'd… — Kris Kobach Copy Share Image
Ultimately, that's what is the foundation of so much of my politics, the belief that freedom and justice and safety are things… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share Image
There's often a distressing disconnect between the good words we speak and the way we live our lives. In personal relations and… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
“inequality is instead an emergent property of the interactions between agents and the environment. Since this effect comes about from aggregation of… — Rich Jolly Copy Share Image
While an equality of rights under a limited government is possible and an essential condition of individual freedom, a claim for equality… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I have noticed over the past three years that most African Christians depend on their pastor or preachers for directions in life… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“One of the first subjects for commission members to share in January, one month before witnesses were selected, was the matter of… — Mae Brussell Copy Share Image
An individualist is a man who says: 'I will not run anyone's life - nor let anyone run mine. I will not… — Ayn Rand 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
In politics, Victory Disease comes when a majority believes their position is so secure and immune from challenge that they forget the… — Rick Wilson Copy Share Image
When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power; it will… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. ...… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
When the government is handed over to the Iraqi Council on 30 June, many have declared, oh, the Americans must never leave… — Howard Coble Copy Share Image
“Words unconsciously shift thoughts and feelings. One person's 'terrorist' is another's 'freedom fighter'; politicians jockey to commandeer 'family values,' and somehow you… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“One word: power. The more politicians can control your access to your own wealth and earnings, the more powerful they are. The… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
I have knocked at almost every door, from government offices to private companies, pleading for money and facilities to start my athletics… — P. T. Usha Copy Share Image
“These four changes—in the nature of work, education, social values, and communication technology—make it harder for dictators to dominate citizens in the… — Sergei Guriev Copy Share Image
Truth has drawn me into the field of politics; and I can say without the slightest hesitation, and yet in all humility,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Governments first of all have been able to amass, through the taxation process, large sums of capital which they have redistributed to… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, is over 80 percent. The… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
'Django' was definitely the beginning of my political side, and I think 'Hateful Eight' is the... logical extension and conclusion of that.… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
“His supervisor sighed. "Agent Drams, no one knows who you are." "We're a black budget government agency. No one is supposed to… — Ada Maria Soto Copy Share Image
Relationship films are political. If a woman is sitting in a waiting room in an office and a man walks in and… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
The government is also looking at further benefits including enhanced capital allowances; the use of Tax Incremental Finance; and extra help from… — Andy Sawford Copy Share Image
Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
It is not what your supporters, friends or your political adversaries call you that matters. What is important is what you think… — Vladimir Putin 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
“Since 9/11, the U.S. government has sent over $23 billion to states and cities in the name of homeland security. Almost none… — Amanda Ripley Copy Share Image
Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We negotiated with the Honduran government the establishment of a regional military training center, for training central American forces, but the primary… — John Negroponte Copy Share Image
“He is as ominous as anything I imagined a government agent could be like. He wears a dark suit with a darker… — Jonas Lee Copy Share Image
Because our government has been so incompetent at protecting its highly sophisticated cyberweapons, those weapons have been stolen out of the electronic… — David E. Sanger Copy Share Image
“Along with libertarians such as Milton Friedman, an especially influential economist, they pointed with alarm at the dramatic increase in the number… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
The fight against AIDS in China is already well underway. The Chinese government and other funders are providing major support, and they'll… — Bill Gates 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 [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)
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