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This aesthetic quality, then, is what politics is all about. It's authenticity that separates winners from losers, good politics from bad, and…
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Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because it violates the system's first principle, which we all learned back in the sunshiny…
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Whereas liberals are thought to erupt self-righteously whenever they feel like it, conservatives believe that they themselves are never permitted to say…
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Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe government is bad.
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Markets are interested in profits and profits only; service, quality, and general affluence are different functions altogether. The universal, democratic prosperity that…
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Americans have known about mounting inequality and king-sized Wall Street bonuses for years. But we also had an entire genre of journalism…
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Conservatives may believe that impoverished borrowers destroyed Wall Street. But we liberals will not fool ourselves that stupid bankers sank conservatism for…
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These days, of course, the focus of talk about popular liberation through products is mostly associated with the Internet. I've been collecting…
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What becomes fascinating is the way the culture industry doesn't deny it and doesn't try to mitigate it, but tries to sell…
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During the financial crisis and bailouts of 2008, it probably occurred to very few average people that we were entering a period…
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In America, we no longer have an institutionalized, organized way of calling business to task - of taking them to account for…
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There is much to dislike about President Obama's approach to the financial crisis. But opposition, it seems, will have to come from…
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Passion and standing up for things can help create a sense of unity. But you still have to act a certain way.
— Arthur Blank
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I don't like doing stand-up, because I don't like standing up.
— Jo Brand
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A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and…
— William S. Burroughs
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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi…
— Jack Canfield
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I get criticized for a lot of what I write about, but as far as I'm concerned I'm actually standing up and…
— Nick Cave
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People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
— Dave Chappelle
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Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the…
— Gary Bauer
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I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America.
— Cindy Sheehan
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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
— Ogden Nash
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see…
— Xunzi
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I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go.
— David Antin
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But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.
— Polly Toynbee
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