Progressive Quotes

406 quotes by 342 authors

The art of walking is at once suggestive of the dignity of man. Progressive motion alone implies power, but in almost every other instance it… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman
But, when Scripture makes a clear distinction between the act of creation and the process of preservation, we cannot accept the idea of a progressive… — Walter Lang
I came from Nebraska, a very middle class family with a progressive father. — Theodore C. Sorensen
The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures. — Manning Marable
The other states look to New York for the progressive direction. New York made a powerful statement [legalizing marriage equality], not just for the people… — Andrew Cuomo
This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest. But Philolaus the… — Plutarch
Pedagogy of the Oppressed resonated with progressive educators, already committed to a 'child-centered' rather than a 'teacher-directed' approach to classroom instruction. Freire's rejection of teaching… — Sol Stern
Progressive rock was happening. — Tony Orlando
De-Christianizing America has been high on the progressive agenda, and, thanks to the government (especially the federal courts), it has been a great success. Nor… — Joseph Sobran
Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change. — Andrew Vachss
I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity. — Paul Nurse
If men make war in slavish observance of rules, they will fail. No rules will apply to conditions of war as different as those which… — Ulysses S. Grant
Progressive improvement beats delayed perfection. — Mark Twain
I'm a liberal. I'm confused when that became a bad word... — George Clooney
Without liberals we wouldn't have unions. We wouldn't have environmental protections. We wouldn't have seat belts or birth control or the ACLU! Any of these… — Janeane Garofalo
The silent majority really is a liberal majority, even though the word liberal has taken a real beating over the last 20 years by radical… — Robert Reich
All progressive thought has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain ... Hitler, because in his joyless mind… — George Orwell
The first modern propaganda agency was the British Ministry of Information a century ago, which secretly defined its task as to direct the thought of… — Noam Chomsky
Our mind has its own ideal time, which is no other but the consciousness of the progressive development of our beings. — August Wilhelm von Schlegel
Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude… — Henry James Sumner Maine

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