Famous Quotes & Sayings

William J. H. Boetcker

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

William Allen White

Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.

John Adams

Mankind will in time discover that unbridled majorities are as tyrannical and cruel as unlimited despots.

Martin Niemoller

First they came for the Jews, but I did nothing because I'm not a Jew. Then they came for the socialists, but I did nothing because I'm not a socialist. Then they came for the Catholics, but I did nothing because I'm not a Catholic. Finally, they came for me, but by then there was no one left to help me.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

Joseph Sobran

The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire.

Katharine Graham

Truth and news are not the same thing.

Calvin Coolidge

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

Ringo Starr

Everything government touches turns to crap.

William Mapother

I love sci-fi, especially when it thrives on a thought-provoking story, rather than explosions.

William Blake

Active Evil is better than Passive Good.

Robert McAfee Brown

To quarrel with God is to pay God the supreme compliment: it is to take God seriously. It is to say that God matters enough to be worth some anger. To be indifferent to God is to pay God the supreme insult. It is to say that nothing of consequence is at stake.

Paul Scheuring

Before I even put pen to paper, in any sense, I'm like, "What's the coolest MacGuffin you can come up with? What are the last frames of this series?" The secret that's behind this entire thing is to be as evocative, original, thought-provoking and timely.

Julian Barnes

Yes, of course we were pretentious -- what else is youth for?

Marilyn Monroe

Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?

Martin Niemoller

It took me a long time to understand that God is not the enemy of my enemies. God is not even the enemy of God's enemies.

Martin Niemoller

First they arrested the Communists - but I was not a Communist, so I did nothing. Then they came for the Social Democrats - but was not a Social Democrat, so I did nothing. Then they arrested the trade unionists - and I did nothing because I was not one. And then they came for the Jews and then the Catholics, but I was neither a Jew nor a Catholic and I did nothing. At last they came and arrested me - and there was no one left to do anything about it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.

Robert Sullivan

Here's the data. This is not a political position, it's just scientific data.

Javier Solana

I want to underline that the political process is back on track ... the cease-fire is back on track.

William Wilberforce

If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the consequent influence on our political welfare.

Michael Harrison

He isn't just a political talk show host, he's a showman,

Robert Cray

I don't see how anybody cannot be political in this day and age. There's so much going on and you have to be aware and you have to vote. Our lives are political.

Russell B. Long

There are but three political-economic roads from which we can choose... We could take the first course and further exacerbate the already concentrated ownership of productive capital in the American economy. Or we could join the rest of the world by taking the second path, that of nationalization. Or we can take the third road, establishing policies to diffuse capital ownership broadly, so that many individuals, particularly workers, can participate as owners of industrial capital. The choice is ours.

Russell Baker

A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the three most flamboyant political figures involved: Mark Hanna, Theodore Roosevelt, and Emma Goldman.

Russell Brand

Total revolution of consciousness and our entire social, political and economic system is what interests me, but that's not on the ballot.

Russell Brand

Imagining the overthrow of the current political system is the only way I can be enthused about politics.