Quote by John W. Dean

Why (he wondered rhetorically) do people who have a position that's being attacked constantly state that they have a right to say it, as…

— Peter David

I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Politically, he was a humanitarian who did know right from left and was trapped uncomfortably between the two. He was constantly defending his Communist…

— Joseph Heller

“People are often at their absolute worst when responding to others’ aggression.”

— Brendon Burchard

“Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the…

— Clint Eastwood

...associational ad hominem attacks remain the left's favorite rhetorical strategy for undermining opponents.

— Jonah Goldberg

“In theory of the authoritarian personality, Adorno et al. (1950) argue that paternal punitiveness creates fear and aggressiveness that encourages individuals to seek certainty…

— Bethany Albertson

“There is a tendency on the left, to think if someone in any way disagrees with the left it must be for the lowest…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Aggression is just where politeness is ignored.”

— Amit Kalantri

“This is the new Republican victimology: The liberal media is maliciously misrepresenting the views of a rough-hewn but sincere salt-of-the-earth conservative, even when his…

— Mike Lofgren

I don't think there's any shortage of tough, sometimes vicious rhetoric about President Barack Obama coming from the right. Talk radio shows dominated by…

— Juan Williams

“He was one of those people who constantly seems to be having a conversation with someone other than the person he’s actually talking to—presumably…

— Ben Aaronovitch