“I have been true to the principles of nonviolence, developing a stronger and stronger aversion to the ideologies of both the far right and the far left and a deeper sense of rage and sorrow over the suffering they continue to produce all over the world.” WorldHas BeensSufferingLeftPeacePrinciplesProduceSorrowStrongerDeeperRageIdeologyDevelopingNonviolenceAversion Author:Joan Baez
“After listening to the debate on unemployment I can see a danger that Liberals lose to the Tories their claim to have new and sensible ideas and are left saying "Me too" to a Socialist conventional wisdom which is failing. The salient need of this country to produce more and much more efficiently hardly figured on the agenda.” NeedsI CanIdeasCountryLeftLosesFailingDangerProduceListeningClaimsDebateAgendasSensibleConventionalSocialistUnemploymentConventional Wisdom Author:Jo Grimond
“The last publicized center of American writing was Manhattan. Its writers became known as the New York Intellectuals. With important connections to publishing, and universities, with access to the major book reviews, they were able to pose as the vanguard of American culture when they were so obsessed with the two Joes--McCarthy and Stalin--that they were to produce only two artists, Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, who left town.” WritingArtTwoImportantBookAbleLastsArtistCultureLiteraturePoliticsLeftKnownNew YorkProduceMajorsConnectionsTownsUniversityAccessObsessedReviewsPublishingAmerican CultureManhattanPhilipVanguardBook ReviewJoe Mccarthy Book:God made Alaska for the Indians: selected essays Source: God made Alaska for the Indians: selected essays
“Some people thought that if you put pressure on kids, parents, and teachers and schools, the pressure alone would produce results. It appealed to people who think the quick fix for education is to threaten people. It's not a left-right division.” PeopleIfsThinkingKidsSchoolLeftParentResultsTeacherProducePressureDivisionParents And TeachersQuick Fixes Author:Deborah Meier