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“The distrust and suspicion which men everywhere evidence toward their adversaries, at all states of historical development, may be regarded as the immediate precursor to the notion of ideology.”

Men May States Atheism Development Evidence Historical Notion Positive Atheism Ideology Suspicion Distrust Adversaries Precursor All State

Author:Karl Mannheim

“The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Ideology demands it. Society exacts it.”

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Book:Telling Times: Writing and Living, 1950-2008

Source: Telling Times: Writing and Living, 1950-2008

“Recently in Washington, unfortunately, we have seen examples of the wrong kind of leadership -- when politicians choose scorched earth over common ground, when they operate in what I call the 'evidence-free zone,' with ideology trumping everything else.”

“The problem with ideology is if you got an ideology, you already got your mind made up, you know all the answers, and that makes evidence irrelevant and argument a waste of time, so you tend to govern by assertion and attack. The problem with that is that discourages thinking and gives you bad results.”

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Author:William J. Clinton

“The point is that religion puts a value on irrationality, which makes it the perfect tool for promoting irrational beliefs like misogyny. Other ideologies can be challenged with evidence and reason, but religion is allowed a pass by most people. And that's why it's especially dangerous.”

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Author:Amanda Marcotte

“The problem with any ideology is that it gives you the answer before you examine the evidence.”

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Author:William J. Clinton

“There is a sense that science and politics are incompatible. I don't think so at all. I think it's important that scientists take great pains to make sure that ideology and personal bias and wishful thinking do not contaminate the collection and analysis and evidence.”

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Author:Rush D. Holt, Jr.

“Under the color-blind ideology of the new racism, Blackness must be SEEN as evidence for the alleged color blindness that seemingly characterizes contemporary economic opportunity.”

Opportunity Economic Color Racism Evidence Blind Contemporary Ideology Blindness Blackness

Book:Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism

Source: Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism