Populist Quotes

52 quotes by 45 authors

I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as… — J. G. Ballard
I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly. — Jo Brand
Populists and isolationists ignore the tangible benefits that have resulted from our active international role during the past half-century. — David Rockefeller
Populists believe in conspiracies, and one of the most enduring is that a secret group of international bankers and capitalists, and their minions, control the… — David Rockefeller
Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Globalization is a reality. And this makes most leaders today realize that populist illusions can't be sustained before they collapse into stagnation and leave their… — Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families and… — Eric Alterman
Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it. — Bill Keller
Itâ€™s easy to see why politicians would be drawn to the populist pose. First, it makes everything so simple. The economic crisis was caused by… — David Brooks
Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism… — Kjell Magne Bondevik
In these troubled times we live in, we should remain vigilant and see through populist arguments. — King Albert II
[The stimulus bill funds] a bureaucratic structure for the government to begin rationing the health care of the American people. They can then lead a… — Peter Ferrara
I've never really considered myself just a street artist. I consider myself a populist. — Shepard Fairey
English plus Microsoft equals a new cultural revolution a global means of communication that is irrepressibly contagious, adaptable, populist and subversive. — Robert McCrum
Republicans ought to propose conservative answers to the concerns that are uppermost on most votersâ€™ minds. The libertarian-populist method seems to be to start with… — Ramesh Ponnuru
If we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties. — Jose Manuel Barroso
Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective. — Brian Eno
I think it's always hard for people to get their head around the fact that populist, commercial films can also actually be great works of… — Helen Mirren
My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada. — Preston Manning
With unfailing consistency, U.S. intervention has been on the side of the rich and powerful of various nations at the expense of the poor and… — Michael Parenti

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