Correctness Quotes

130 quotes by 120 authors

I never told my own religion nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another's creed. I… — Thomas Jefferson
What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name.… — Toni Morrison
Political correctness is a minefield — Marian Keyes
The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal. — William James
Things usually make sense in time, and even bad decisions have their own kind of correctness. — Miranda July
The problem is that it has become politically awkward to draw attention to absolutes of bad and good. In place of manners, we now have… — Lynne Truss
To cite the facts of history is to fall prey to 'moral equivalence,' or 'political correctness,' or 'the error of of atheism,' or one of… — Noam Chomsky
Will his work survive? Alas, I worry that it will not. As an American liberal with impeccable credentials, I would like to say that political… — Pat Conroy
Feminism has had exactly the same problem that "political correctness" has had: people keep using the phrase without really knowing what it means. — Caitlin Moran
Political correctness is anti-empathetic because it has correctness in it. We all have biases, we all have prejudices and if we cant talk about them… — Stefan Molyneux
You can't talk about the environment, you can't talk about political correctness, affirmative action and all the other innumerable things that freedom is about, unless… — Russell Means
A democratic despotism is like a theocracy: it assumes its own correctness. — Walter Bagehot
When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners. — Paul Johnson
Britain is obsessed with political correctness. — Marcus Brigstocke
We all have Tumblr, and we all have Instagram and everything. People care so much about it because, now, any random can be famous on… — Lorde
I just think political correctness is crap. — Gary Oldman
I missed a lot of decisions. At the time of making such a decision, there was no doubt in my mind as to its correctness.… — Billy Evans
I hate political correctness. — Dan Jenkins
Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness. — Anthony J. D'Angelo
We were criticized throughout that investigation for being too thorough, for taking too long. But time has proved the correctness of that approach. — Ken Starr

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