“Keep the people ignorant and afraid and control and power becomes a detail - a self generating byproduct of the people's hysteria.” PeopleSelfPoliticsDetailsIgnorantHysteria Author:Derek R. Audette
“Whether you actually can or can't fight city hall is of little relevance. Either way, when the need arises, you must!” WayNeedsLittlesFightingPoliticsCitiesAriseHallsRelevanceCity Hall Author:Derek R. Audette
“There is one great truth in western politics that I have been able to see, and that is this: The more left wing your political ideals are, the more naive a person you are likely to be. The more right wing your political ideals are, the more evil a person you are likely to be. Choosing a political standpoint is largely a matter of deciding which failure as a human you are more comfortable with.” HumansPersonsHas BeensMatterAblePoliticalEvilPoliticsLeftComfortableIdealsWingsWesternNaiveRight WingStandpointLeft Wing Author:Derek R. Audette
“I think the most basic difference between Liberalism and Conservatism today, at its core, is that Conservatives just seem to want a better world for themselves - while Liberals just seem to want a better world.” ThinkingWorldWantSeemsTodayPoliticsDifferencesCoreLiberalismConservatism Author:Derek R. Audette
“One of the most distinguishing differences between liberals and conservatives in America is that the average Liberal feels that we should have little reservation about killing the unborn, while the average Conservative feels it is better to wait until after they are born before we kill them.” FeelsShouldLittlesAmericaPoliticsWaitingBornDifferencesShould HaveKillingAverageConservativeUnbornReservations Author:Derek R. Audette
“I do not like to call myself a Liberal, because there is so much that is wrong with liberalism. I also do not like to call my a Conservative for exactly the same reason. The fact that the theater of conservativism today seems to be such a haven for such an abundance of small minded, non-thinking, irrationalists is however making it very difficult for me to not adopt a harder stance.” ThinkingReasonFactsSeemsTodayPoliticsDifficultHavensHarderTheaterConservativeAbundanceLiberalismStanceSmall Minds Author:Derek R. Audette
“The ability of a country to wage war is not an accurate measure of its strengths, but of its fears.” WarCountryPoliticsAbilityAccurate Author:Derek R. Audette
“The mere fact that so many who espouse such far-right views and beliefs still exist in this society is incarnate proof that Darwin's theories apply solely to biological processes and not to processes of the spirit.” StillsFactsSpiritPoliticsBeliefProcessViewsTheoryMereProofThis Society Author:Derek R. Audette
“The universal methodology of the tyrant is always incrementalism.” PoliticsUniversalTyrantsMethodologyIncrementalism Author:Derek R. Audette
“If a person, in a position of authority, wants someone to believe a lie, usually all they have to do is tell it to them. If they want someone to believe a ridiculous lie, all they have to do is tell it to them enough.” IfsWantBelievePersonsEnoughLyingPoliticsPositionAuthorityRidiculous Author:Derek R. Audette