Progressive Quotes · Page 35

Throughout the United States, at the dawn of the Progressive era, dozens of laws and regulations were established to empower police officers,…

— Michael Specter

At a time when most movements that are thought to be progressive advocate further encroachments on individual liberty, those who cherish freedom…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

“Ultimately, it’s about determining what matters most to you; what’s important; what it will take to achieve your intended goal. And once…

— Carlos Wallace

The progressive development of man [has as its] ultimate purpose the complete mastery of mind over the material world.

— Nikola Tesla

Nothing should be banned. Anything that is progressive and contributes something to society shouldn't come in the way of politics.

— Sanam Saeed

We've traditionally thought of media on this traditional left/right spectrum and most media's kind of clustered in the center and I think…

— Lydia Polgreen

It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program, such as the progressive income tax, were…

— Robert W. Welch, Jr

Thanks to the leadership of Vice President Gore, we have a government for the Information Age, once again a government that is…

— William J. Clinton

“From the will of a freedom-fighter, Farzad Kamangar: "Is it possible to be a teacher and not show the path to the…

— Samad Beh-Rang

Most blacks want school vouchers, but most liberals vehemently oppose them. Why? Because what is good for teachers' unions is of more…

— Dennis Prager

You know what isn't class warfare? Progressive taxation, as in, say, expecting billionaires to pay at least as much in taxes as…

— Timothy Noah

A great character, founded on the living rock of principle is, in fact, not a solitary phenomenon, to be at once perceived,…

— Edward Everett

The reality of politics is, if Trump is the president tonight, every progressive group in America will be able to mobilize in…

— David Sirota

The progressive growth of the finite consciousness of man towards this Self, towards the universal , the eternal, the infinite, in a…

— Sri Aurobindo

Science emerges from the other progressive activities of man to the extent that new concepts arise from experiments and observations, and that…

— James Bryant Conant

If you look at the state of California, the children who are not receiving the education that they should are both black…

— Maria Echaveste

My name is Kevin de Leon, and I am the president of the most progressive legislative house in America.

— Kevin de Leon

I think sex work gets over-mystified and overcomplicated because it's about sexuality, and women's sexuality in general. What strikes me when I…

— Melissa Gira Grant

Canada must be progressive, and Canada must be a just society.

— Justin Trudeau

Two-thirds of the Iranian people would like to be reconciled with the West. They don't like the fanaticism of the governing religious…

— William J. Clinton

The Barack who was so successful in Illinois in a Republican-controlled legislative situation for most of his time and who was a…

— David Garrow

I'm a Democrat, and I think people who meet me will realize I'm a Democrat. I have progressive Democratic values.

— Stephen Pagliuca

I'm also for gay marriage, because I say they have every right to be just as miserable as the rest of us.…

— Kinky Friedman

Women have always been at the forefront of progressive movements. Women can be depended on when you need bodies in the streets…

— Martha Plimpton

The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not…

— Hugo Black