“Primitive, simplistic anti-Communism is all too often used as a common denominator for diverse efforts to perpetuate one's own power in a democratic system, convert opinions into dogma, and kill off all opposition, even silent.” UsedCommonEffortOpinionDemocraticSilentCommunismOppositionDiverseDogmaPrimitiveCommon DenominatorDemagogueryAnti Communism Author:Eugen Kogon
“President Bush is an intelligent man. He is not going to declare an economic war against Iraq . [...] I admire your extraordinary efforts to rebuild your country. I know you need funds. We understand that, and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. But we have no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts like your border disagreement with Kuwait .” KnowsMenNeedsShouldWarCountryAmericaOpportunityPresidentEffortOpinionEconomicLike YouConflictShould HaveIntelligentExtraordinaryIraqAdmireBordersFundPresident BushDisagreementIntelligent ManKuwait Author:April Glaspie
“Employ in everything a certain casualness which conceals art and creates the impression that what is done and said is accomplished without effort and without its being thought about. It is from this, in my opinion, that grace largely derives.” ArtSaidDoneCertainEffortAttitudeOpinionGraceImpressionAccomplishedNonchalance Author:Baldassare Castiglione
“Our opinions partake, more or less, of the prejudices of our class, party, or sect. We are all largely pledged, through interest, affection, or passion, to particular classes of opinion, and the strength of efforts to get released from these pledges, is the measure of our advancement.” PassionInterestPartyEffortOpinionClassParticularPrejudiceAffectionAdvancementPledgeSects Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“This food-and-shelter theory concerning man's efforts is without insight. Our most persistent and spectacular efforts are concerned not with the preservation of what we are but with the building up of an imaginary conception of ourselves in the opinion of others. The desire for praise is more imperative than the desire for food and shelter.” MenDesireEffortOpinionBuildingTheoryConcernedPraiseInsightConceptionImaginaryShelterPreservationPersistentImperativesSpectacularBuilding Up Author:Eric Hoffer
“Whenever there is an organized movement to persuade people to believe or do something, whenever an effort is made to "propagate" a creed or set of opinions or convictions or to make people act as we want them to act, the means employed are called propaganda.” PeopleWantBelieveMeanMadeEffortOpinionAtheismMovementConvictionPositive AtheismPropagandaOrganizedCreedsEmployed Author:Edwin Way Teale
“Now, in our opinion no author should be blamed for obscurity, nor should any pains be grudged in the effort to understand him, provided that he has done his best to be intelligible. Difficult thoughts are quite distinct from difficult words. Difficulty of thought is the very heart of poetry.” ShouldHeartDonePainDifficultEffortOpinionDifficultyObscurity Author:Alice Meynell
“I am particularly interested in the indications that the people seem to understand and approve the necessity of pursuing the course that will prevent a further effort on the part of the German peoples to continue the struggle for world domination, even though they are thoroughly beaten in this war.” PeopleWorldWarSeemsCoursesEffortOpinionStruggleNationalismBeatenDominationPublic OpinionIndicationWorld Domination Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“In the absence of government each man learns to think, to act for himself, without counting on the support of an outside force which, however vigilant one supposes it to be, can never answer all social needs. Man, thus accustomed to seek his well-being only through his own efforts, raises himself in his own opinion as he does in the opinion of others; his soul becomes larger and stronger at the same time.” ThinkingMenNeedsWellsDoeSoulGovernmentForceSocialAnswersEffortOpinionSupportStrongerRaisesAbsenceWell BeingAccustomedCountingVigilant Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“Popular struggles to bring about a freer and more just society have been resisted by violence and repression, and massive efforts to control opinion and attitudes. Over time, however, they have met with considerable success, even though there is a long way to go, and there is often regression.” WayLongHas BeensEffortAttitudeOpinionStruggleViolenceMetsMassiveLong WayRepressionRegressionLong Way To Go Book:Who Rules the World? Source: Who Rules the World?