Pessimism Quote by Barack Obama Download Open image ““a cynical electorate is a self-centered electorate.”” — Barack Obama ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Pessimism
“It’s not easy maintaining a cynical outlook in the face of what appears to be a thoroughly charitable mindset,” — Ted Koppel Copy Share Image
“Cynical? No. Realistic. As far as I’m concerned all you politicians are a bunch of lying, cheating, crooked wankers. You spout a ton of… — Eli Yance Copy Share Image
“Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism – it's my least favorite quality, and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“The naively cynical measure a piece of legislation, a victory, a milestone not against the past or the limits of the possible, but against… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Voter apathy was, and will remain the greatest threat to democracy.” — Hazen Pingree Copy Share Image
“Democracy is essentially government by the majority, and a majority may be stupid, unenlightened, foolish, misled, and corrupt.” — John Hospers Copy Share Image
“When people start believing that all politicians are liars and crooks, the truly corrupt escape scrutiny, and cynicism grows.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical as this sounds, kind… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
“Politicians tend only to like democracy when it is to their personal advantage (From LONE WOLF, p.50)” — Len Webster Copy Share Image
“In an age when all successful political candidates are surrounded by, if not at the beck and call of, difficult, even sociopathic, rich people… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“A politician who brings personal integrity into leadership helps us reclaim the popular trust that distinguishes true democracy from its cheap imitations.” — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
Only love can vanquish hate, the same way that only light can vanquish darkness. You cant fight negativity with more negativity; you must fight… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When life hands you lemons, you squirt them in the eye, than yell that you wanted limes! — Amanda Day Copy Share Image
I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will. — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
In the end, the whole Internet thing kills me, because you can use it as a positive thing or you can read into all… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
“The mass of men have been forced to be gay about the little things, but sad about the big ones. Nevertheless (I offer my… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“How little one is justified in speaking in this connection of "optimism" and "pessimism" and how much the characterization of liberalism as "optimistic" aims… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“She gave up trying to understand herself, and the vast armies of the benighted, who follow neither the heart nor the brain, and march… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
There have been times when a particularly heavy dose of such cynicism has caused me to reflect that surely this is the age and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
