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“Whenever any black man in america shows signs of an uncompromising attitude, against the injustices that he experiences daily, and shows no tendency whatsoever to compromise with it, then the American press [characterizes him] as a radical, as an extremist someone who's irresponsible, or as a rabble rouser or someone who doesn't rationalize in dealing with the problem.”

Men Shows Problem America Black Attitude Presses Injustice Tendencies Compromise Radical Irresponsible Extremist Rationalize Uncompromising

Author:Malcolm X

“If the masses started to accept UFOs, it would profoundly affect their attitude towards life, politics, everything. It would threaten the status quo. Whenever people come to realize that there are larger considerations than their own petty lives, they are ripe to make radical changes on a personal level, which would eventually lead to a political revolution in society as a whole”

People Ifs Whole Political Realizing Levels Attitude Accepting Revolution Mass Radical Consideration Status Quo Petty Ufo Ripe Radical Change Attitude Towards Life Political Revolution

Author:John Lennon

“Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what theyve already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can topple their legacy - not exactly the attitude you want when trying to drive innovation forward.”

Thinking Want Trying Attitude Careers Built Innovation Radical Legacy Accomplished Status Quo Resisting

Author:Peter Diamandis

“...the differences between the conservative and the radical seem to spring mainly from their attitude toward the future. Fear of the future causes us to lean against and cling to the present, while faith in the future renders us receptive to change.”

Seems Causes Differences Attitude Spring Conservative Radical Receptive Fear Of The Future

Book:The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Source: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

“How can we appraise a proposal if the terms hurled at our ears can mean anything or nothing, and change their significance with the inflection of the voice? Welfare state, national socialism, radical, liberal, conservative, reactionary and a regiment of others ... these terms in today's usage, are generally compounds of confusion and prejudice. If our attitudes are muddled, our language is often to blame. A good tonic for clearer thinking is a dose of precise, legal definition.”

“I wish I were younger. What inclines me now to think you may be right in regarding [evolution] as the central and radical lie in the whole web of falsehood that now governs our lives is not so much your arguments against it as the fanatical and twisted attitudes of its defenders.”

Thinking May Whole Life Is Lying Wish Attitude Our Lives Evolution Argument Radical Falsehood Twisted Defenders Incline

Book:Collected Letters Volume Three: Narnia, Cambridge and Joy 1950–1963

Source: Collected Letters Volume Three: Narnia, Cambridge and Joy 1950–1963

“I think fundamentalism is this radical attitude toward one's own identity and civilization as compared to other people's identities and cultures.”

People Thinking Culture Attitude Identity Civilization Radical Fundamentalism

Author:Samuel P. Huntington