“The effectiveness of political and religious propaganda depends upon the methods employed, not upon the doctrines taught. These doctrines may be true or false, wholesome or pernicious it makes little or no difference.” MayLittlesPoliticalDifferencesReligiousTaughtDependsMethodDoctrineBeing TruePropagandaEmployedEffectivenessPerniciousTrue Or False Book:Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948 Source: Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948
“If it is correct to say that there will always be rightist temperaments and leftist temperaments, it is nevertheless also correct to say that political philosophy is neither rightist nor leftist; it must simply be true .” IfsPhilosophyPoliticalBeing TrueNeverthelessTemperamentPolitical PhilosophyLeftists Author:Jacques Maritain
“It never hurts to be involved in any political or activist organization. I can never see how participation would be a bad thing. The key is being true to what you participate with and who.” I CanWould BePoliticalHurtKeysInvolvedOrganizationBeing TrueBad ThingsActivistParticipation Author:John Cusack
“All the controversialists who have become conscious of the real issue are already saying of our ideal exactly what used to be said of the Socialists' ideal. They are saying that private property is too ideal not to be impossible. They are saying that private enterprise is too good to be true. They are saying that the idea of ordinary men owning ordinary possessions is against the laws of political economy and requires an alteration in human nature.” MenHumansSaidIdeasRealLawPoliticalUsedPoliticsEconomyIssuesImpossibleHuman NatureOrdinaryConsciousIdealsPropertyPossessionUsed To BeBeing TrueLiberalismEnterprisePrivate PropertyOrdinary ManAlterationsPolitical EconomyPrivate EnterpriseToo Good To Be True Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“I learned the importance of a man's chair early in life. I learned that he may love several wives, embrace several cars, be true to more than one political philosophy, and be equally committed to several careers, but he will have only one comfortable chair in his life. I learned it will be an ugly chair. It will match nothing in the entire house. It will never wear out.” MenMayPhilosophyPoliticalHouseCareersWifeCarComfortableImportanceEmbraceCommittedUglyBeing TrueChairsFurniturePolitical Philosophy Author:Erma Bombeck
“The problem facing humanity today is not a political problem; it's not a financial problem; it's not a military problem. It's obviously a spiritual problem. That is, it has to do with what we believe to be true about who we are, where we are, why we are where we are, and what are we doing on the Earth. What is the purpose of life itself? What we need right now are leaders or models, people who will stand up and not only help to write a cultural story, but help to model it in the way that they interact with each other.” PeopleWayNeedsWritingBelieveHelpingStoriesProblemTodayEarthSpiritualPoliticalPurposeHumanityLeaderMilitaryRight NowModelsFinancialBeing TrueWho We ArePurpose Of LifeWhat Is The Purpose Of LifeFinancial Problems Author:Neale Donald Walsch