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“Today we say all art is political. But I'd say all art has to do with ethics. Which after all really comes to the same thing. It's a matter of attitudes.”

Art Matter Today Political Politics Attitude Ethics Art Is

Author:Ingmar Bergman

“For me, in those days, the great question was: Does God exist? Or doesn't God exist? Can we, by an attitude of faith, attain to a sense of community and a better world? Or, if God doesn't exist, what do we do then? What does our world look like then? In none of this was there the least political colour.”

Ifs World Looks Doe Political Religion Community Attitude Colour Our World God Exists

Author:Ingmar Bergman

“Gradually compositions make an appearance again. Political - satirical - conceits expressed in one figure or a few.”

Political Figures Appearance Composition Conceit Satirical

Author:Paul Klee

“Without glasnost there is not, and there cannot be, democratism, the political creativity of the masses and their participation in management.”

Political Creativity Mass Management Participation Glasnost

Author:Mikhail Gorbachev

“But when you look at the rubbish who are getting these awards and the absolute non-service they have given to the nation other than financing or working for political parties, you say, 'What company am I in?'”

Looks Political Given Nations Party Company Absolutes Awards Political Parties Rubbish Financing

Author:Michael Winner

“At a time when political correctness is valued over honesty I would also like to say right on motherfuckers!”

Political Politics Honesty Political Correctness Correctness

Author:Madonna Ciccone

“If people are innately saddled with certain sins and flaws, like selfishness, prejudice, sort-sightedness, and self-deception, then political reform would seem to be a waste of time.”

People Ifs Self Seems Political Certain Sin Waste Prejudice Reform Deception Selfishness Flaws Wasting Time Self Deception Political Reform

Author:Steven Pinker

“The UN should arrange, as US forces leave, for an international group of peacekeepers and negotiators from the Arab countries to bring together Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, and work out a solution for self-governance that would give all three groups a share in political power. Simultaneously, the UN should arrange for shipments of food and medicine, from the United States and other countries, as well as engineers to help rebuild the country.”

“Would you respect a God you could comprehend? And yet very often thats what we want - a God who reflects our culture, our biases, our economic, political, and military systems.”

Want Political Culture Economic Military Respect

Author:Richard Rohr

“John Kerry's newfound interest in fiscal discipline is a political gimmick that defies his 20-year record in the Senate and stands in stark contrast to his reckless and expansive promises of new government spending on the campaign trail.”

Years Government Political Interest Records Discipline Promise Spending Campaigns Senate Contrast Trails Reckless Starks John Kerry Government Spending Gimmicks New Government

Author:Steve Schmidt

“It is impossible, maybe undesirable, to take partisanship out of the political process.”

Political Process Impossible Impossibility Partisanship Undesirable

Author:David Souter

“Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the scholars wondered, of 22 Arab states, covering nearly 300 million people? Their conclusion? Of all world regions, the Arab countries scored the lowest in freedom, media independence, civil liberties, political process and political rights.”

“I feel fortunate that, by the age of 40, I had crammed in an entire political career.I had been in the Cabinet and been leader of the party, so now I can branch out into other things... it is a very liberating feeling.”

Feels I Can Feelings Age Political Party Leader Careers Fortunate Branches Liberating Cabinets Age Of 40

Author:William Hague

“Never once have Democrats benefited from attempts at reasonableness and compromise and accommodation. To the contrary, Bush and his team seem to view political compromise as weakness, and they punish it rather than reward or reciprocate it.”

Seems Political Views Team Weakness Democrat Rewards Contrary Compromise Accommodations Reciprocate Reasonableness

Author:Jim Jordan

“But veteran lawmakers torn apart by PTSD don't have a choice about being Exhibit A in the case against Washington politics. When you see what can happen to a page or a junior congressman, it passes on in a very real way, not in a history-class sense, that reality of what political power really is, .. Who are we to impose this emotional albatross on public servants? As a nation, we pretend to elect our leaders. It seems unjust to make them a special class to suffer for our sins over wrongheaded laws, or pay a continuing emotional price for securing their future careers.”

“Secretary of state Colin Powell himself eloquently pointed out the many ways to get at the root of this problem... economic, diplomatic, legal and political, as well as military. A rush to launch precipitous military counterattacks runs too great a risk that more innocent men, women and children will be killed. I could not vote for a resolution that I believe will lead to such an outcome.”

Men Way Believe Wells Children States Problem Running Political I Believe Risk Economic Military Roots Vote Innocent Outcomes Resolution Secretary Men Women Eloquence Diplomatic Innocent Man

Author:Barbara Lee

“We wanted to hear from viewers about why they watch or participate in call-ins on C-SPAN, ... Viewers of all ages and walks of life wrote to us, including actresses, stand-up comics, parents and students. What's clear after reading the entries is the impact that call-ins have had on the political conversation on the network.”

Age Wanted Political Reading Parent Walks Watches Clear Students Conversation Impact Including Actresses Participation Viewers Entry Walks Of Life

Author:Brian Lamb

“Is Christianity just another special-interest group, clawing for political power? Or, even if Christians are acting as God's spokesmen, must Christians always conduct themselves politically as if Christianity were just another special-interest group? Do Christians conduct evangelism this way?.”

Ifs Way Christian Political Interest Acting Christianity Groups Special Evangelism Political Power Special Interests Interest Groups Special Interest Groups

Book:Political polytheism: the myth of pluralism

Source: Political polytheism: the myth of pluralism

“I have a huge political problem with the role. It was essentially accepting a form of racial profiling. I think it's repulsive. But it was the first time I had a chance to blow stuff up and take a family hostage.”

Thinking Firsts Problem Form Political Accepting Roles Huge First Time Racial Profiling

Author:Kal Penn

“But it is not our place to punish a father for his political beliefs or where he wants to raise his child. Indeed, if we were to start judging parents on the basis of their political beliefs, we would change the concept of family for the rest of time.”

Ifs Want Children Political Father Belief Parent Judging Concepts Bases Raises Political Beliefs

Author:Janet Reno

“The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions.”

Made Use Government Political Decision Cities Military Perception Bases Nuclear Enormous Bombs Atoms Arsenal Atom Bomb

Book:A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat

Source: A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat

“Certainly, the murder of civilians for political statement did not just begin on September 11, 2001.”

Political Murder Statements September Civilians September 11 September 11 2001

Author:Cliff Stearns

“I think every citizen in Burlington has a right to voice their opinion and participate in the local political process no matter who they are or what they are or where they come from or what their religious beliefs are. But for me to base all of my decisions based on my reading of the Holy Bible just isn't going to happen.”

Thinking Matter Happens Political Reading Belief Process Voice Religious Decision Opinion Citizens Holy Bible Locals Religious Belief Holy Bible

Author:Tim Scott

“My work is always a ready-made... cultural, political, or social, and also it could be art - to make people re-look at what we have done, its original position, to create new possibilities.”

People Looks Art Made Done Political Social Possibility Position Ready Originals New Possibilities

Author:Ai Weiwei

“One of the great inventions of the twentieth century was the studied, methodical engineering of myth for political ends.”

Ends Political Century Myth Invention Engineering Twentieth Century Methodical Great Inventions

Book:More joy than rage: crossing generations with the new feminism

Source: More joy than rage: crossing generations with the new feminism

“Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.”

People Needs Children Government Political Three Politics Groups Trust Politician Thieves Supervision Spending Other People's Money

Author:Dick Armey

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”

“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.”

Men Government Funny Political Politics Capitalism Opposites Witty Finance Communism Cynicism Exploitation Exploits Political Ideology Funny Political

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.”

Art Political Politics Freedom Democracy Politician Nerd Politicians And Politics Politics Funny Best Political Political Art Ignoring Facts

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“When you realize that your history books and your science books and your literature books are not the result of experts sitting down and making it a wise decision, but of political pressure groups coming to the state textbook hearings, this is wrong.”

“Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.”

People Thinking Reason Political Politics Economics Alternatives Liberalism

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“Calculated and craven political stunt.”

Political

Author:Tom DeLay

“Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.”

Political Politics Memories Freedom Liberty Politician Libertarian Libertarianism Admirable Short Memory

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government.”

Self Government Political Citizens Essentials China Deny Regimes Contrast Representatives Dissent Freedom Of Religion Self-government

Author:Todd Akin

“In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.”

Political Politics Organization Institutions Majority Great Organizations

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.”

Today Political Economic Objectives Ideological

Author:Omar Bongo

“There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars.”

Love Political Certain Politics Majority Dollars Billions Funny Valentine Funny Valentines Day Card Silly Love

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“Majorities are of two sorts: (1) communal majority and (2) political majority. A political majority is changeable in its class composition. A political majority grows. A communal majority is born. The admission to a political majority is open. The door to a communal majority is closed. The politics of political majority are free to all to make and unmake. The politics of communal majority are made by its own members born in it.”

Made Two Political Grows Born Class Doors Communication Members Majority Composition Admission

Author:B. R. Ambedkar

“One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a London or a Paris because it's the financial capital, and the cultural capital, but not the political capital.”

Different Political Special New York Financial London Paris Characteristics

Author:Ron Chernow

“And it's absolutely hypocritical for the political party that talks about states rights, to suddenly ignore states rights, that say that the federal government or federalism has no business in this kind of business.”

Kind States Government Political Party Rights Federal Government Political Parties Hypocritical Federalism States Rights

Author:Gary Ackerman

“In order for peace to reign, one must speak the truth, and that is why I have spoken of a political abduction, ... ... Far from my own country, but in deep communion with all Haitians, including Haitians abroad, I continue to launch an appeal for peaceful resistance.”

Country Political Order Speak My Own Including Resistance Peaceful Appeals Communion Reign Speak The Truth Abduction

Author:Jean-Bertrand Aristide

“There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.”

Political Politics Officials Accomplished Reports Exception Diplomacy Ironclads

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“Irresponsibility, cowardice, personal vanity, whining and chaos are becoming the maxims of political action. There is a stink in Berlin - a huge one!”

Action Political Huge Becoming Chaos Vanity Cowardice Maxims Berlin Stink Whining Irresponsibility Political Action

Author:Edmund Stoiber

“They must move from a psychological state of victimization to a psychological state of accepting responsibility. The Palestinians must leave behind their revolutionary adolescence and demonstrate that they have reached political maturity.”

States Moving Political Behinds Responsibility Accepting Psychological Maturity Revolutionary Palestinian Adolescence Victimization Accepting Responsibility

Author:Ari Shavit

“This is like the gun you shoot at the beginning of the race or the bell that you ring at the beginning of a classroom discussion, .. This is the president saying, 'OK, we're going to get serious about this now. Congress is going to work on it. I'm going to put my political capital behind it.' .”

Political President Race Behinds Serious Gun Congress Rings Discussion Classroom Bells Going To Work Saying Ok

Author:Tamar Jacoby

“Socialism is nothing more nor less than the social, political and ideological system which breaks the fetters upon economic growth created under capitalism and opens the way to a new period of economic and social expansion on a much larger scale.”

Way Political Social Growth Break Economic Periods Capitalism Scales Socialism Expansion Economic Growth Ideological Fetters

Author:Earl Browder

“Cisco has not and does not design products for the purpose of political censorship.”

Doe Political Purpose Design Products Censorship Cisco

Author:Marc Chandler

“That's a deep change in priorities. People are much less political today. They have found other values of life. We are developing normal attitudes, a normal set of priorities. We are growing out of our childhood.”

People Today Political Values Found Attitude Growing Childhood Normal Our Children Priorities Developing Value Of Life

Author:Tom Segev

“There are a lot of problems in the world, a lot of tragic things that have to be addressed, economic, medical, political, all kinds of things, but, to my way of thinking, they pale in comparison to the overall problem of the environmental deadline.”

Thinking World Way Kind Problem Political Economic Environmental Medical All Kinds My Way Tragic Comparison Pale Way Of Thinking Deadline

Author:Dean Stockwell

“Evolution is a large political controversy as to what should be taught in the schools. But there is no scientific controversy that we evolved when we talk about evidence from fossils and DNA.”

Should School Political Taught Evolution Evidence Dna Fossils Controversy

Author:Carl Zimmer

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