“I voted for Justice Breyer and Justice Ginsburg. Not because I agreed with their ideology, but because I thought they were qualified and that elections have consequences when presidents are nominated.” PresidentJusticeConsequenceElectionIdeologyQualified Author:John McCain
“And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the first time -- acknowledging that it has chemical weapons, agreeing to join the convention that prohibits the use of chemical weapons, and the Russians -- their primary sponsors -- saying that they will push Syria to get all of their chemical weapons out. The distance that we've traveled over these couple of weeks is remarkable.” FirstsUseLastsPoliticsJusticeViolenceWeekPolicyCoupleWeaponsConsequenceFirst TimePressureStrategyDistanceUnityHuman RightsTerrorismIdeologyPrimariesRemarkableChemicalsConventionsForeign PolicySyriaTraveledDiplomacyCivilitySponsorsChemical Weapons Author:Barack Obama
“I believe order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think that knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure that human sympathy is more valuable than ideology. I believe that in spite of the recent triumphs of science, men haven't changed much in the last two thousand years; and in consequence we must try to learn from history.” ThinkingMenTryingYearsBelieveHumansTwoWholeLastsOrderI BelieveViolenceHavensCreationChangedIgnoranceThousandConsequenceDestructionChaosValuableIdeologyTriumphSpiteThousand YearsGentlenessVendetta Author:Kenneth Clark
“What we are saying is we have to be smart about the ideology that is putting this idea into the world that a woman must be defined by her idea of modesty, that she is the vessel for honor in a community. And I believe that we have to be very pragmatic, too, about the consequence of this. Women in Iran and Saudi Arabia are jailed, punished and harassed if they don't cover themselves legally, according to the standard of those countries. So the consequences for many women is oftentimes very dark.” IfsWorldBelieveIdeasCountryI BelieveCommunityDarkHonorSmartStandardsConsequenceIdeologyDefinedIranModestyVesselArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisBeing SmartPragmatic Author:Asra Nomani
“Reductionist ideology not only hinders biologists from thinking adequately about the phenomena we wish to understand: it has two important social consequences: it serves to relocate social problems to the individual rather than exploring the societal roots and determinants of a phenomenon; and second, it diverts attention and funding from the social to the molecular.” ThinkingTwoImportantProblemIndividualWishSocialAttentionConsequenceRootsIdeologyPhenomenonExploringFundingHinderBiologistSocial Problems Author:Steven Rose
“As matters now stand, the combination of genocide, as conventionally understood, and crimes against humanity, seems sufficient to cover the criminality of political leaders, and the lethal consequences of totalising ideologies.” MatterSeemsPoliticalHumanityLeaderCrimeUnderstoodConsequenceIdeologyCombinationSufficientGenocidePolitical LeadersCriminalityCrimes Against Humanity Author:Richard A. Falk
“One of the greatest gains of capitalism is that even the proletarian slave feels like a master. He believes he has the power to change his life. We are propelled by the ideology of the self-made man: we work more, we consume more and in the end we consume ourselves. The consequences are burnout, bulimia and other lifestyle diseases.” MenBelieveCapitalismConsequenceSlaveLifestyleIdeologyBulimia Author:Renata Salecl
“Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons having to do with emotional safety, we have very strong ties of whose meaning and consequences in actuality we have no clear understanding.” IdeasReasonCertainStrongUnderstandingClearEmotionalProductsHabitConsequenceSafetyVariousIdeologyTiesRitualFormulasVery StrongActuality Book:The Liberal Imagination Source: The Liberal Imagination