Characteristics Quote by Harvey Cox

Politics is a subordinate matter; its form of appearance constantly changes depending on the needs of the masses, the same way cocottes adjust to…

— Max Beckmann

In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.

— George Soros

“As the interpretation of reality by the power structure, ideology is always subordinated ultimately to the interests of the structure. Therefore, it has a…

— Václav Havel

Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.

— Bertolt Brecht

A political philosophy (often called "political science" by practitioners who are not averse from verbal trickery) must deal with contemporary realities. If it does…

— Revilo P. Oliver

every political structure, new or old, left to itself develops stabilizing forces which stand in the way of constant transformation and expansion. Therefore all…

— Hannah Arendt

In the American Metaphysical, reality is always material reality, hard, resistant, unformed, impenetrable, and unpleasant.

— Lionel Trilling

Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.

— Indira Gandhi

Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.

— Albert Einstein

I confess to feeling continued ambivalence about political life, aware of its shortcomings and disappointments, but drawn back to it again and again because…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

“One of the basic tenets of all metaphysical systems of thought is that we create our own reality in accord with our beliefs.”

— Mary Greer

Metaphysical rebellion is a claim, motivated by the concept of a complete unity, against the suffering of life and death and a protest against…

— Albert Camus