“If we had intellectual vigour enough to ascend from effects to causes, we would explain political, economical and social phenomena less by credit sheets, balance of trade and reparations than by our attitude towards God.” IfsEnoughPoliticalSocialCausesAttitudeEffectsBalanceIntellectualTradeCreditPositive AttitudeSheetsReparations Book:God and Intelligence in Modern Philosophy: A Critical Study in the Light of the Philosophy of Saint Thomas Source: God and Intelligence in Modern Philosophy: A Critical Study in the Light of the Philosophy of Saint Thomas
“We have the leading companies and the leading sectors in the advanced industrial world, we have an incredibly dynamic society, and we have high levels of entrepreneurship. And we have the best universities in the world. ... We also have impeccable credit. What we don't have is a political system that can take the simple measures to deal with our short-term deficit.” WorldPoliticalTermSimpleLevelsDealsCompanyUniversityCreditEntrepreneurshipDeficitShort TermPolitical SystemsHigh LevelImpeccable Author:Fareed Zakaria
“Perhaps the deterioration of American education is illustrated by the high correlation between the number of years a person has attended school and his inability to understand the words "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." It is more likely, though, that those who interpret the Second Amendment to preclude an individual right to own guns are driven by their political agenda. Whichever the case, they do themselves no credit when they tell us that a simple, elegant sentence means the opposite of what it clearly says.” PeopleYearsMeanPersonsSchoolPoliticalPoliticsIndividualSimpleNumbersEducationCasesArmsBearsGunOppositesCreditSentencesDrivenAgendasAmendmentsElegantInabilitySecond AmendmentCorrelationDeteriorationPolitical AgendasAmerican Education Author:Sheldon Richman
“I've watched politics for years. Republicans rarely get credit for the good things that happen in the economy during their watch. Democrats always get more credit than they deserve. They are just better at political discourse that we are.” YearsHappensPoliticalWatchesEconomyRepublicanDeserveGood ThingsDemocratCreditDiscoursePolitical Discourse Author:George W. Bush