“Every campaign, Garry Wills once wrote, "taught Nixon the same lesson: mobilize resentment against those in power." History taught the same to many conservative and reactionary populist movements, whose real attitude to those in power and authority was one of a servile, envious, vicarious adoration.” RealAttitudeMovementTaughtLessonsAuthorityConservativeCampaignsResentmentAdorationEnviousReactionariesPopulistVicarious Book:For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports Source: For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports
“The true Christian reaction to suffering and sorrow is not the attitude of self-pity, fatalism or resentment; it is the spirit which takes life's difficulties as a God given opportunity, and regards its troubles as a sacred trust, and wears the thorns as a crown.” SelfChristianJoySpiritSufferingOpportunityGivenAttitudeTroubleSorrowDifficultyRegardSacredReactionsPityResentmentCrownsThornsSelf PityFatalismGiven Opportunity Author:James Stewart
“Never allow sick attitudes to poison your thinking, nor let ill will make you ill. Avoid making your mind sore by that painful rehurting called resentment.” ThinkingMindAttitudeSickIllPainfulPoisonResentmentIll Will Book:Positive Thinking for a Time Like this Source: Positive Thinking for a Time Like this
“The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white - who find in that paranoid vision an excuse for counterproductive and ultimately self-destructive attitudes and behavior.” SelfLeftBlackWhiteAttitudeVisionWorstBehaviorBottomExcuseEnvyDestructiveResentmentParanoidTollsSelf DestructiveBlack Or WhiteCounterproductive Author:Thomas Sowell
“Liberalism teaches those who have fallen behind in the economic scramble to blame others for their failure. This attitude stimulates juices of resentment and deprives its holders of the power to change their condition.” BehindsAttitudeTeachEconomicConditionsBlameFallenLiberalismResentmentJuicePower To Change Author:David Horowitz
“We must rebuild Colombia, starting with ourselves, our hearts, put resentment aside, put hatred aside, put envy aside. The only thing that those attitudes accomplish is to sow violence and sow death and suffering.” HeartSufferingAttitudeViolenceHatredStartingAccomplishEnvyResentmentColombia Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“No doubt the [presedential] campaigns have reflected some anxiety, anger, and resentment in the nation at large, and we must try to understand these attitudes in the electorate.” TryingNationsAttitudeDoubtAnxietyCampaignsNo DoubtResentmentElectorateAnger And Resentment Author:John I. Jenkins
“There's no love in my songs. There's just a lot of resentment. Just bad attitude. But that's intentional, that's what I like. I love the whole idea of Motown. Their idea was to sing how down on their luck they were, but the song implied hope that it would get better. I liked that idea, and I wanted to go even further with it.” SongAttitudeLuckGet BetterResentmentBad AttitudeMotown Author:Memory Tapes