The world has a rich tradition of leaders who fancy themselves smart enough to determine what the people should and shouldn't hear,… — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement - and our record of having the nation's highest… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
As players of instruments, it is our duty to reach out and give light to those in the dark in whatever way… — Sizzla Copy Share Image
Most people are fragile. They're fragile in the sense that they're afraid of the unknown, so they cling to each other. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation, in all its forms and traditions, is an invitation to listen, to open, to quietly enlist the courage to be touched… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business… — Lee R. Raymond Copy Share Image
I think we need to think about Islamic tradition as a way of asking questions that cut across (and transgress) the assumptions… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
Antiracism is not "my" campaign. I have been doing antiracism organizing, activism, educating and writing for 20 years, in one form or… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
I think the important thing to learn is that we can retain a sentimental loyalty to the cultural and literary traditions of,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Early on, I learnt from the Russian intelligentsia that the only meaning of life lies in conscious participation in the making of… — Victor Serge Copy Share Image
Some of the politicians in this country, in their feverish search for group acceptance, are ready to endorse tumultuous confrontation as a… — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
Some of my educated Filipino friends were aspiring poets, but their aspirations were all in the direction of the United States. They… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
We have a huge institution that celebrates the undistinguished, an institution which is nearly as old as the Papists. It's been going… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I guess I've always had such an identity crisis when it comes to other people's understanding of me. I don't feel it… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
We come from a proud tradition of people who have insisted that none of us can be truly successful until at least… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
No matter what the legislature may say, a man has the right to make his speech, print his handbill, compose his newspaper,… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
For me to go casual is not to go simple. To me, it is to be able to bring back the art… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
When there is a respect for small things, there will be an even greater respect towards the bigger things. When there is… — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos Copy Share Image
I want to be a traditional king first and foremost, building on the tradition of my predecessors standing for continuity and stability… — Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange Copy Share Image
Capitalism is the only society in human history in which neither tradition nor conscious direction supervises the total effort of the community;… — Robert Heilbroner Copy Share Image
Native people such as the Cherokees are just as human and complex and real as Americans are, and our nation needs to… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
The first sparrow of spring! The year beginning with younger hope than ever!... What at such a time are histories, chronologies, traditions,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I’m not just living in the tradition and culture and the past, I also want to be connected to the future. The… — Jean-Claude Biver Copy Share Image
We still have a tradition certainly in English television; it's faded a bit in the last five years, but we still have… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Everybody in my family were great storytellers. My dad and his brothers would just go on and on; they could tell amazing… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I prefer a positive view of freedom, drawing on another tradition of political thinking that goes all the way back to the… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
My great-grandmother, who was known as Nana, passed away before I was born, but she and my mother were very, very close.… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The tradition and style of the 'New York Times' make it very difficult to have objective coverage of China. If we could… — Chen Guangbiao Copy Share Image
Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates. — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
There is this tradition, stretching back to Tacitus and Plutarch, that history belongs to the heroes, the emperors. But I grew up… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
Islamic tradition is full of examples of supporting the autonomy of women and the empowerment of women. Very few people know that… — Khaled Abou El Fadl Copy Share Image
The spirit of Plato dies hard. We have been unable to escape the philosophical tradition that what we can see and measure… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
My administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The ending of partition was inevitable because Ireland was one nation by history and tradition , by facts of race, geography, and economy — Seamus Costello Copy Share Image
It hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Because the more you write the more you're aware of the weight of your tradition and the difficulties of the form and… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
We should not assume that Russia is doomed to live according to its worst traditions. In fact, in Russian history, failed efforts… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
