Naked Quote by Alex de Waal

“Essential political decisions are made not once, but again and again in a variety of situations, always against that pressure to compromise, to bargain”

— Dorothy Allison

“The flames of a new economic evolution run around us, and we turn to find that competition has killed competition, that corporations are grown…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“Political mandates matter, but delivering on promises requires institutions. And it takes individuals to build those institutions, so expertise matters, as does the system’s…

— Shankkar Aiyar

“We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the…

— Howard Zinn

“And entrepreneurship is a risky and heroic activity, necessary for growth or even the mere survival of the economy.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“If we think of politics as an industry, we might delight in its new "labour-saving efficiency", but if we think of politics as democratic…

— Robert D. Putnam

“A politician in our democratic government is a broker for the use of government force to the highest bidders.”

— Erne Lewis

“People continue to deploy the same justification of market society—that it would secure the personal independence of workers from arbitrary authority—long after it failed…

— Elizabeth S. Anderson

“Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.”

— Ambrose Bierce

“political parties representing rival bourgeois factions create the illusion of choice but unite to repress the working class.”

— Ken Follett

“You can make money in a small way without politics. But to make big money, you need to buy the legislature. Can't be done…

— Edward Rutherfurd

“Politics is my business and I make it pay”

— John J. Mahon