“To have peace and not war, the drift toward a war economy, as facilitated by the moves and the demands of the sophisticated conservatives, must be stopped; to have peace without slump, the tactics and policies of the practical right must be overcome. The political and economic power of both must be broken. The power of these giants of main drift is both economically and politically anchored; both unions and an independent labor party are needed to struggle effective.” WarMovingPoliticalPartyStruggleEconomyEconomicPolicyBrokenNeededDemandLaborOvercomingIndependentUnionsPracticalsGiantsSophisticatedTacticsEconomic PowerSlumps Author:C. Wright Mills
“I think that marriage vows should include an escape clause that says the contract is broken if one party ups and makes a big switch in religion or politics or aesthetic taste. I mean, these shifts just aren't fair, and we need an easier way out.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsShouldMeanBigsPartyMarriageBrokenEasierTasteFairsContractsAestheticVowClausesMarriage Vows Author:Jill McCorkle
“...the traces to the East haven been broken, the Republican party will never again be dominated by the editorial writers for the New York Herald Tribune. Free at last.” LastsPartyHavensNew YorkBrokenRepublicanEastRepublican PartyAmerican PoliticsEditorials Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.
“Gingrich was a far more volatile and aggressive individual than Boehner, but the institutional norms of self-restraint, and perhaps even self-interest, have broken down under the pressure of an increasingly abnormal Republican Party.” SelfIndividualInterestPartyBrokenRepublicanPressureAggressiveRestraintRepublican PartyNormSelf InterestAbnormalSelf RestraintBroken Down Author:George Packer