“There is one great truth in western politics that I have been able to see, and that is this: The more left wing your political ideals are, the more naive a person you are likely to be. The more right wing your political ideals are, the more evil a person you are likely to be. Choosing a political standpoint is largely a matter of deciding which failure as a human you are more comfortable with.” HumansPersonsHas BeensMatterAblePoliticalEvilPoliticsLeftComfortableIdealsWingsWesternNaiveRight WingStandpointLeft Wing Author:Derek R. Audette
“When grown-up persons indulge in practical jokes, the fact gauges them. They have lived narrow, obscure, and ignorant lives, and at full manhood they still retain and cherish a job lot of left-over standards and ideals that would have been discarded with their boyhood if they had then moved out into the world and a broader life.” IfsWorldPersonsHas BeensStillsFactsJobsLeftStandardsJokesIdealsMovedPracticalsIgnorantCherishObscureManhoodIndulgeIndulge InDiscardedBoyhoodGaugesPractical Joke Book:Autobiography of Mark Twain Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain
“There's one bright spot in the generally gloomy picture know as the Pacific Conflict Zone. According to my calculations, by the year 2500 or so we should have killed off every last member of our species who is stupid enough to take part in so futile a pastime as this war between "ideals," and with luck they won't have left their genes behind because they'll typically have been killed at an age when society thinks they're too young to assume the responsibility of childbearing. After that we may get some peace and quiet for a change.” ThinkingKnowsShouldYearsMayHas BeensWarEnoughAgeLastsYoungLeftBehindsResponsibilityStupidQuietConflictMembersIdealsShould HaveLuckAssumingSpeciesSpotsZoneGenesCalculationsPacificGloomyPastimePeace And QuietChildbearing Author:John Brunner
“Discouraging smoking and drinking is a left ideal.” LeftIdealsDrinkingSmokingDiscouragingSmoking And Drinking Author:Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
“If you work through the existing structures you are going to be corrupted. By working through political system that poisons the atmosphere, even the progressive organizations, you can see it even nowadays in the US, where people on the "Left" are all caught in the electoral campaign and get into fierce arguments about should we support this third party candidate or that third party candidate. This is a sort of little piece of evidence that suggests that when you get into working through electoral politics you begin to corrupt your ideals.” PeopleIfsShouldLittlesPoliticalLeftPartySupportPiecesEvidenceIdealsArgumentOrganizationThirdsStructureCaughtCampaignsAtmosphereCandidatesPoisonProgressiveFiercePolitical SystemsThird Parties Author:Howard Zinn
“An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.” LoveInspirationalBelieveLongMatterDoneRealityRunningActionLeftIdealsDetermineLong RunsIdealismUndoneRealistIdealistCynicIdealism And Realism Book:Pieces of Eight Pa Source: Pieces of Eight Pa