Cynical Quote by Amitava Kumar

Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.

— Benazir Bhutto

“threats and promises often succeed in creating stable human hierarchies and mass-cooperation networks, as long as people believe that they reflect the inevitable laws…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people. When the…

— John Adams

Huge imbalance in power has resulted in the alienation, rage, fury, and awful amoral terrorism that has erupted and is erupting at the present…

— Karen Armstrong

Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.

— Tariq Ali

“Religion raises the stakes of human conflict much higher than tribalism, racism, or politics ever can, as it is the only form of in-group/out-group…

— Sam Harris

Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social…

— Benazir Bhutto

People are seeking more power in the individual and less in government and institutions; they want more cooperation and less competition.

— Marilyn Ferguson

We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good; so find we profit By losing…

— William Shakespeare

“Governments strong enough to protect individuals against the violence of their fellows make possible the evolution of an increasingly complex order of spontaneous and…

— Friedrich A. Hayek

Powerful people doing bad things LIKE cynical, despairing citizens.

— Alex Steffen