“Slavery has as many shapes among us as there are things we need.” NeedsShapesSlavery Author:Eugenio Maria de Hostos
“Pres. Lyndon Johnson was a middle-aged man of smalltown America, both a Westerner and a Southerner, and except where politics had demonstrably forced his growth-as on the question of civil rights-he functioned like most men, as a product of his background.” MenCharacterAmericaGrowthRightsMiddleProductsBackgroundsCivil RightsJohnsonMiddle AgedSouthernerWesterners Author:Tom Wicker
“Our political parties exist for no other reason than to win power; they are not ideological debating societies designed to present a particular political philosophy and to persuade voters to accept it.” ReasonPhilosophyPoliticalWinningPartyAcceptingParticularVotersPolitical PartiesPolitical PhilosophyIdeological Author:Tom Wicker
“Consensus politics is a cyclical thing-in order to accumulate power, one must dispose of it, and as one disposes of it, one must accumulate more power to replace it. In financial terms, a dollar must be spent to make a dollar-or two, if things go well.” IfsWellsTwoOrderTermPoliticianDollarsFinancialConsensus Author:Tom Wicker
“There seldom is enmity between seasoned old politicians, who know as much as men can of human weakness and human strength.” KnowsMenHumansPoliticianWeaknessEnmityHuman Strength Author:Tom Wicker
“Offices are not powerful because they exist; men make them so. Rights are not honored because they exist; men compel their recognition.” MenPowerfulPowerRightsOfficeRecognitionHonored Author:Tom Wicker
“He [John F. Kennedy] might have envisioned himself being "alone, at the top" but, like Woodrow Wilson, he would find out that not even a President moves free of human entanglement, human needs, human illusions; not even a President can be independent of those around him.” NeedsHumansMightMovingPresidentIllusionIndependentWilsonHuman NeedsEntanglement Author:Tom Wicker
“I got quite bored, serving in the bar. Since I was there, the customers wouldn't talk about women, and with half their subject matter denied them, it was: horses, silence; horses, silence.” MatterHalfSilenceSubjectsHorseCustomersBarsBoredServingDeniedSubject Matter Author:Bernadette Devlin
“Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom.” PeopleShouldJobsSacrificeLetting GoBottomBritishOrganizedParliamentBritish Parliament Author:Bernadette Devlin
“I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing.” MusicAbsolutely Nothing Author:Bela Bartok