“When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.” IfsGivingFirstsPartyDirectorsFirst TimeBostonSymphonyJohnson Author:Erich Leinsdorf
“The two parties which divide the State, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made ... Now one, now the other gets the day, and still the fight renews itself as if for the first time, under new names and hot personalities ... Innovation is the salient energy; Conservatism the pause on the last movement.” IfsWorldFirstsMadeStillsTwoStatesLastsFightingNamesEnergyPartyMovementPersonalityFirst TimeInnovationHotPossessionDividesPausesConservatism Book:Nature, Addresses and Lectures Source: Nature, Addresses and Lectures
“The general election of 1983 has produced one important result that has passed virtually without comment in the media. It is that, for the first time since 1945, a political party with an openly socialist policy has received the support of over eight and a half million people. This is a remarkable development by any standards and it deserves some analysis ... the 1983 Labour manifesto commanded the loyalty of millions of voters and a democratic socialist bridge-head in public understanding and support can be made.” PeopleFirstsMadeImportantPoliticalUnderstandingResultsPartyHalfMillionsSupportMediaPolicyDevelopmentStandardsDeserveFirst TimeElectionDemocraticEightLoyaltyBridgesAnalysisLabourRemarkableVotersCommentSocialistPolitical PartiesManifestosGeneral Elections Author:Tony Benn
“Today millions of people are living who will never do it again. Millions are being born for the first time - and millions are doing nothing because it's the best offer they've had this week. It is for these people and many others that the Surprise Party is conceived and desecrated, founded upon the principle that everybody is just as good as anybody else, even though they aren't quite so smart.” PeopleFirstsTodayBornPartyPrinciplesMillionsWeekOffersSmartFirst TimeSurpriseDoing NothingSurprise Party Author:Gracie Allen
“The realization that American power could and should be used for the defense of pluralism and as a punishment for fascism came to me in Sarajevo a year or two later... That was an early quarrel between me and many of my Nation colleagues, and it was also the first time I found myself in the same trench as people like Paul Wolfowitz and Jeane Kirkpatrick: a shock I had to learn to get over. The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.” PeopleThinkingShouldYearsFirstsTwoRealUsedFoundNationsPartyFirst TimeDefensePunishmentRealizationOur TimeShockRejectsFascismColleaguesGet OverQuarrelsTrenchesPluralismRadicalismAmerican Power Author:Christopher Hitchens
“The rites of passage in the academic world are arcane and, in their own way, highly romantic, and the tensions and unplesantries of dissertations and final oral examinations are quickly forgotten in the wonderful moment of the sherry afterward, admission into a very old club, parties of celebration, doctoral gowns, academic rituals, and hearing for the first time "Dr.," rather than "Miss" Jamison.” WorldWayFirstsMomentsPartyWonderfulMissingFirst TimeFinalsForgottenClubsHearingTensionRitualPassagesCelebrationAcademicDrsExaminationAdmissionGownsRiteRite Of PassageArcaneDissertationSherryWonderful Moments Author:Kay Redfield Jamison
“A Green Party candidate would be very different from a Democrat or Republican and should be heard. I was the candidate first time a Green or any progressive third party has ever been in a national televised debate. I was in five of them. And the response from the public was overwhelming.” ShouldFirstsDifferentWould BePartyFiveHeardRepublicanFirst TimeThirdsGreenDemocratResponseDebateCandidatesProgressiveOverwhelmingThird PartiesGreen Party Author:Peter Camejo