Books Quote by Martha Nussbaum

The more profound problem, however, is the degree to which many academic intellectuals, especially in the humanities, have lost their ability to distinguish the…

— Stephen D. Cox

Anyway, the way political history is passed down is influenced and spoiled by the closeness of the writers to the political figures that they're…

— Raymond Pettibon

I think one of the core ideas in America has always been conversation and being able to question our systems of government, and being…

— Amandla Stenberg

I think the reason you see so many people dropping out of politics is because there's an anti-poetic strain in modern political discourse.

— Zephyr Teachout

The 'deep' civic function of the humanities . . . is something understood very well by totalitarian societies, which tend to keep close tabs…

— Mark Slouka

With the coming of television, and the knowledge of how it could be used to seduce voters, the old political values disappeared. Something new,…

— Joe McGinniss

I'm very concerned about the tone of politics in recent years. We've seen a decline in civility and bipartisanship, and a rapid increase in…

— Kyrsten Sinema

Politicians today are not highly regarded... there seem to be people young and old and in the middle saying that they have never heard…

— Malcolm Fraser

a fair degree of literacy of speech ... is increasingly rare in politicians and not necessarily regarded as an asset.

— Rae Foley

I don't even think much about politicians. I think about the people in the audience who applaud the politicians. They are your fellow countrymen…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

American society has fallen into the biggest cavity our civilization has ever faced and people are tired of the same old politicians getting elected…

— Bob Backlund

Here is a truism about the psychology of politicians: there is almost nothing so soul-definingly traumatic for them as losing an election. You believe…

— Rick Perlstein