“I do not like to call myself a Liberal, because there is so much that is wrong with liberalism. I also do not like to call my a Conservative for exactly the same reason. The fact that the theater of conservativism today seems to be such a haven for such an abundance of small minded, non-thinking, irrationalists is however making it very difficult for me to not adopt a harder stance.” ThinkingReasonFactsSeemsTodayPoliticsDifficultHavensHarderTheaterConservativeAbundanceLiberalismStanceSmall Minds Author:Derek R. Audette
“The mere fact that so many who espouse such far-right views and beliefs still exist in this society is incarnate proof that Darwin's theories apply solely to biological processes and not to processes of the spirit.” StillsFactsSpiritPoliticsBeliefProcessViewsTheoryMereProofThis Society Author:Derek R. Audette
“Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgement and nothing can help you escape it - that no substitute can do your thinking, as no pinch-hitter can live your life.” ThinkingFactsHelpingPoliticsCan DoResponsibilityIndependenceRecognitionJudgementSubstitutesLive Your Life Book:Atlas Shrugged Source: Atlas Shrugged
“Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.” ImportantBookFactsWisdomMotivationalEarthPoliticsEconomyLiberalismInstructionOutstandingComebackSpaceships Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he thinks and talks conventionally. It would be almost a contradiction in terms for a politician to be a leader in the field of ideas. His task in a democracy is to find out what the opinions held by the largest number are, not to give currency to new opinions which may become the majority view in some distant future.” ThinkingGivingMayIdeasFactsWould BeMovingPoliticsTermViewsNumbersLeaderOpinionPowerDemocracySuccessfulFieldsPoliticianTasksMajorityAcceptedContradictionCurrencyFramework Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“The institution of private property... is undergoing, at this time, a strain never put on it before. Not because the corporation, in essence, is retrogressive or unrepublican, but because in fact, it is unrepublican, and for that reason retrogressive also.” ReasonFactsPoliticsEconomyEssenceInstitutionsPropertyCorporationsLiberalismStrainPrivate Property Author:Peter S. Grosscup
“Our present predicament comes from the fact that running the economy on blood is no longer fashionable. We can't end this depression with another war.” WarEndsFactsWisdomRunningPoliticsEconomyBloodLiberalismFashionablePredicaments Author:Louis O. Kelso
“While no inference is intended here, it is worth noting, in connection with Milton Friedman's comment that "Kelso just turned Marx upside down," that it is not necessarily amiss to turn a fellow upside down if that in fact straightens out his thinking.” IfsThinkingFactsWisdomTurnsPoliticsEconomyConnectionsFellowsLiberalismCommentUpside DownMiltonInference Author:Louis O. Kelso
“Agape means recognition of the fact that all life is interrelated. All humanity is involved in a single process, and all men are brothers. To the degree that I harm my brother, no matter what he is doing to me, to that extent I am harming myself.” MenMeanMatterFactsWisdomLife IsHumanityPoliticsProcessEconomyBrotherInvolvedDegreesNo Matter WhatHarmRecognitionMy BrotherLiberalismAgape Book:A Martin Luther King Treasury Source: A Martin Luther King Treasury
“Normal science, the activity in which most scientists inevitably spend most all their time, is predicated on the assumption that the scientific community knows what the world is like. Normal science often suppresses fundamental novelties because they are necessarily subversive of its basic commitments.” KnowsWorldDoeFactsWisdomPoliticsCommunityEconomySuccessfulTheoryActivityNormalCommitmentScientistAimFundamentalsAssumptionLiberalismPuzzlesNoveltySubversive Author:Thomas Kuhn
“We believe this approach (progress sharing) is a rational approach because you cooperate in creating the abundance that makes the progress possible, and then you share that progress after the fact, and not before the fact. Profit sharing would resolve the conflict between management apprehensions and worker expectations on the basis of solid economic facts as they materialize rather than on the basis of speculation as to what the future might hold.” BelieveFactsMightPoliticsEconomyProgressShareEconomicConflictApproachCreatingExpectationsBasesManagementWorkersProfitRationalAbundanceLiberalismResolveSpeculationApprehensionProfit Sharing Author:Walter Reuther
“We need enthusiasm, imagination and the ability to face facts, even unpleasant ones, bravely. We need to correct, by drastic means if necessary, the faults in our economic system from which we now suffer. We need the courage of the young. Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you. May every one of us be granted the courage, the faith and the vision to give the best that is in us to that remaking!” IfsWorldWayNeedsGivingMayMeanFactsWisdomFacesYoungSufferingPoliticsImaginationAbilityVisionEconomyEconomicTasksFaultsEnthusiasmGrantedLiberalismEconomic SystemsCorrectingDrastic Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“I hate the fact that he's doing that, but the fact is that, you know what, that's a human being, though. He let his guard down one day to me, a friend.” KnowsHumansFactsHatePoliticsHuman BeingsOne DayI HateNorth Korea Author:Dennis Rodman