Political Act Quotes
29 Political Act quotes by 27 unique authors
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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other…
— Carl von Clausewitz
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Getting fit is a political act - you are taking charge of your life.
— Jane Fonda
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Without a visual identity, we have no community, no support network, no movement. Making ourselves visible is a political act, making ourselves visible is a…
— Unknown Author
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Buying wine is a political act.
— Unknown Author
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I feel that 'man-hating' is an honourable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing…
— Robin Morgan
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When any of us meet someone who rejects dominant norms and values, we feel a little less crazy for doing the same. Any act of…
— Charles Eisenstein
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions. The most important dichotomy that I make for a society…
— Akbar Ganji
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The Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki once stated, 'International cultural exchange is impossible - therefore we must try.' I agree with all my heart. The impossibility…
— Anne Bogart
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I cannot imagine a context that would some day, in some manner, make the monstrous crime of September 11 an understandable or comprehensible political act
— Jurgen Habermas
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The most radical political act there is is to be an optimist. The most radical political act there is is to believe that, if I…
— Colin Beavan
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Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself.
— Andres Serrano
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
— Jack Kornfield
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Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any…
— Alex Steffen
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I don't believe in marriage. I think at worst it's a hostile political act, a way for small-minded men to keep women in the house…
— Tina Modotti
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Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act;…
— Kate Clinton
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Eating is a political act.
— Michael Pollan
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Art does not organize parties, nor is it the servant or colleague of power. Rather, the work of art becomes a political force simply through…
— Lewis Hyde
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Writing was a political act and poetry was a cultural weapon.
— Linton Kwesi Johnson
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I wanted to be a part of history and not just a recorder and teacher of history. So that kind of attitude towards history, history…
— Howard Zinn
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Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.
— Adam Driver
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Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most…
— Adam Driver
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Architecture is definitely a political act.
— Peter Eisenman
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To reject this inhuman Communist ideology is simply to be a human being. Such a rejection is more than a political act. It is a…
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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A writer often wants to change a reader’s perception about the world, which is a political act. But we have to work through character, so…
— Caryl Phillips
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It doesnt hurt to repeat here the statement, still rejected by many people in spite of its obviousness, that education is a political act.
— Paulo Freire
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