Quotes about political
political wigs nicknames
persons, with big wigs many of them and austere aspect, whom I take to be Professors of the Dismal Science… Coining “Dismal Science” as a nickname for Political Economy Thomas Carlyle
political fraternity turns
If we remain grotesquely unequal, we shall lose all sense of fraternity: and fraternity, for all its fatuity as a political objective, turns out to be the necessary condition of politics itself. Tony Judt
political answers world
We no longer ask of a judicial ruling or a legislative act: is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is it right? Will it help bring about a better society or a better world? Those used to be the political questions, even if they invited no easy answers. We must learn once again to pose them.
political dimensions kind
I'm a sort of political person, and I feel that there's a kind of ineradicably political dimension to theater, to all theater, whether it's overtly political or not. Tony Kushner
political voters world
In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything. Tommy Lee Jones
political politics complaining
You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain. Stanley Baldwin
political immortal
All Gods were immortal. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
political desire together
Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that bothers me. Shirley Manson
political reason upbeat
Political statements are usually more direct, and it works with the upbeat music as well, for some reason, the directness of your statements. Serj Tankian
political matter unconscious
There are times when every act, no matter how private and unconscious, becomes political Renata Adler
political style important
All important architecture of the last century was strongly influenced by political systems. Look at the Soviet system, with its constructivism and Stalinism, Weimer with its Modern style, Mussolini and the Nazis and Albert Speer's colossal structures. Today's architecture is subservient to the market and its terms. The market has supplanted ideology. Architecture has turned into a spectacle. It has to package itself and no longer has significance as anything but a landmark. Rem Koolhaas
political littles junkie
I'm a little bit of an amateur political junkie. Tim Heidecker
political politics strategy
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable. Robert A. Heinlein
political secrecy tyranny
Secrecy begets tyranny.
political done way
You can stick a fork in Barack Obama. Politically, he's done. The main way we can screw this up is if we choose the wrong Republican. Tim Pawlenty
political spices may
I may go back and spice it up with a little bit of the tool stuff and grunting and all that that I know so well. But it feels like I'm rehashing old material. And some of my audiences like that. So I'm there to entertain. I'm not there to make a political statement or anything like that. I'm there to entertain. Tim Allen
political conversation realms
Anytime you've got something that can take you into the political realm then you've opened up the conversation a lot. Steven Soderbergh
political france nostalgic
Political thought in France is either nostalgic or Utopian. Raymond Aron
political matter use
Political matters are developing so fast that we must not let a single thing slip without use. Victoria Woodhull
political trying lord
Even the implication that The Lord of the Rings is a mythic story about Western, white supremacy - regardless of the political leanings of anyone who tries to make that case - is a load of self-justifying, destructive horseshit. Viggo Mortensen
political politics speak
If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned! Victor Hugo
political understanding engagement
Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding. Rick Larsen
political doe opponents
Mudslinging - In politics, anything bad the opponent says about our candidate; in contrast, when our candidate does this, it is called 'making a good point. Richard Turner
political enemy may
To live with our enemies as if they may some time become our friends, and to live with our friends as if they may some time become our enemies, is not a moral but a political maxim Thomas Paine
political liberty execution
A single legislature, on account of the superabundance of its power, and the uncontrolled rabidity of its execution, becomes as dangerous to the principles of liberty as that of a despotic monarch.
political politics wells
If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.
political honor politics
Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous consciousness of honor.
political liberty politics
The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear. Thomas Huxley
political generations information
Despite its enormous power and wealth, China's ruling elite remains absolutely petrified that the free flow of information will undermine its political legitimacy, particularly among China's younger generation. Tom Lantos
political henry-kissinger satire
Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. Tom Lehrer
political important groups
Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions. Tom G. Palmer
political boots finance
High finance trembles in its boots whenever there is some political complication. Vanna Bonta
political body fit
The insistence that the commercialisation of the body is a fit subject for political discussion and intervention is well overdue. Susie Orbach