Quotes about political
political mind analysis
From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to my mind that capital was the product of labor, and that therefore, in its best analysis there could be no natural conflict between capital and labor. Leland Stanford
political political-correctness discussion
Political correctness kills discussion. Lars von Trier
political important
Leadership is more important than people's political career at times. John Kasich
political financial capacity
But now, as throughout history, financial capacity and political perspicacity are inversely correlated. John Kenneth Galbraith
political politics accomplished
There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.
political should economist
The experience of being disastrously wrong is salutary, no economist should be denied it, and not many are.
political dirt wealth
The greater the wealth the thicker will be the dirt.
political four
Anyone who says he won't resign four times, will.
political way diplomacy
Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way. Lester B. Pearson
political architecture
Architecture is definitely a political act. Peter Eisenman
political ready american-politics
I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money. Phil Gramm
political heaven want
Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.
political abortion bills
What shall we do about the Abortion Bill?" A: "Pay it! Pierre Trudeau
political constitution authority
Whether the proposed constitution is approved or rejected . . . it is a process and a text largely crafted and imposed by U.S. occupation authorities and their Iraqi dependents, and thus lacking in legal or political legitimacy.
political unity splits
Is there anything worse for a state than to be split and disunited? or anything better than cohesion and unity? Plato
political problem guides
The problem is this. The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political systems to adjust to them, let alone to guide the course they take Kofi Annan
political enemy suits
Capitalism’s biggest political enemies are not the firebrand trade unionists spewing vitriol against the system but the executives in pin-striped suits extolling the virtues of competitive markets with every breath while attempting to extinguish them with every action, Raghuram Rajan
political good-movie envelopes
Putting something in a movie because it's in the news doesn't make it political to me. If you're not going outside the same old, same old, if you're not pushing the envelope, then you're not doing anything. A good movie is a political thing. Sean Penn
political literature american-literature
There is nothing political about American literature. Laura Bush
political trying unrest
The Arab is trying to be pleased with death and murder and mayhem and disease and poverty and political unrest. L. Ron Hubbard
political wish action
All political action aims at either preservation or change. When desiring to preserve, we wish to prevent a change for the worse; when desiring to change, we wish to bring about something better. All political action is then guided by some thought of better or worse. Leo Strauss
political world tiny
A world where Congressmen spend 30 to 70 percent of their time raising money from a tiny, tiny fraction of the 1% is a world where that tiny, tiny fraction has enormous power. And it's that inequality in political power that enables this corrupted system to happen. Lawrence Lessig
political stories given
Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document. Larry Kramer
political causes noble
There is no cause so good or noble that it will not attract fuggheads; and the fuggheads will get all the press. Larry Niven
political pay stuff
It's a privilege to pay taxes. Yeah! It's not a political question, folks. We have to pay for stuff. Lewis Black
political world kind
There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world. Karl Popper
political important world
The belief in a political Utopia is especially dangerous. This is possibly connected with the fact that the search for a better world, like the investigation of our environment, is (if I am correct) one of the oldest and most important of all the instincts.
political hopeful historical
The erasure itself became the action. It seemed to suggest a moment in terms of how sad or pessimistic you can feel in a political environment or a historical situation. But it felt like a really hopeful gesture in the painting. Julie Mehretu
political important donation
Money and donations are an important part of our political system. They are hard power. Joseph Nye
political redemption moral
My exile was not only a physical one, motivated exclusively by political reasons; it was also a moral, social, ideological and sexual exile. Juan Goytisolo
political aspiration
I have no political aspirations. Thats it. Kapil Dev
political brilliant telling-the-truth
Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. June Jordan
political life-is modern
The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism. Paul Keating