“The task of the political philosopher can only be to influence public opinion, not to organize people for action. He will do so effectively only if he is not concerned with what is now politically possible but consistently defends the "general principles which are always the same." In this sense I doubt whether there can be such a thing as a conservative political philosophy. Conservatism may often be a useful practical maxim, but it does not give us any guiding principles which can influence long-range developments.” PeopleIfsGivingMayLongDoePhilosophyActionPoliticalOpinionPrinciplesDoubtInfluenceDevelopmentConcernedTasksConservativePhilosopherPracticalsRangeConsistentlyOrganizeMaximsPublic OpinionConservatismPolitical PhilosophyOften IsGuiding PrinciplesConservative Political Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“The 'harmonious world' theory .. will help dispel doubts in the international community about China's continued development and refute the absurd 'China threat theory'.” WorldHelpingCommunityDoubtTheoryDevelopmentThreatInternationalChinaAbsurdAbsurdityHarmoniousInternational Community Author:Ye Xiaowen
“Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development. I assume they're either homages or satiric riffs, and are not intended to be taken too seriously as works in their own right. Otherwise I should be talking to a copyright lawyer.” ShouldArtistTalkingTakenDoubtDevelopmentAimAssumingLawyerArtisticImitationHomageCopyright Author:Bill Watterson
“It's the unlikely juxtaposition of creativity and logic which causes the wooliness and confusion around the term 'innovation'. Everybody wants to be innovative; many companies and ideas are proclaimed to be innovative and no one doubts that innovation is a money spinner. And, thus, we are all looking for the magic formula. Well, here you go: Creativity + Iterative Development = Innovation.” WantWellsIdeasCausesTermCompanyCreativityDoubtMagicDevelopmentLogicInnovationConfusionFormulasUnlikelyInnovativeJuxtapositionSpinner Author:James Dyson
“Brazil is one of the biggest Latin American countries, the biggest, no doubt, and, more importantly, it is a country with immense development potential.” CountryDoubtDevelopmentNo DoubtLatinImmenseLatin AmericaBrazilLatin American Author:Vladimir Putin
“There is no doubt when one comes from the West to China one understands pop art as having originally developed as part of Western tradition. There is a historical development, in which things find resonance in different places.” ArtDifferentDoubtDevelopmentTraditionHistoricalWestWesternChinaPopsNo DoubtDifferent PlaceResonancePop Art Author:Michael Craig-Martin