“America is a knowledge-based society, where information counts as much as material resources. Therefore those with the power to define what qualifies as knowledge - to determine what are the accepted facts - wield the greatest social and political power.” FactsAmericaPoliticalSocialInformationMaterialsResourcesDetermineAcceptedPolitical Power Author:Nancy Pearcey
“Television is likely to do more to revolutionize politics than sound broadcasting did. Political candidates may have to adopt new techniques to benefit from visual radio: their dress, their smiles and gestures, all will be important. How they look, as well as what they say, may determine to an appreciable extent their popularity. The eyes of the public will be upon them.” WellsLooksMayImportantEyePoliticalSoundTelevisionBenefitsDressesDetermineRadioTechniqueCandidatesVisualsGesturesPopularityBroadcastingPolitical Candidates Author:David Sarnoff
“It depends on the state itself to retain or abolish the principle of representation, because it depends on itself whether it will continue a member of the Union. To deny this right would be inconsistent with the principle on which all our political systems are founded, which is, that the people have in all cases, a right to determine how they will be governed. This right must be considered as an ingredient in the original composition of the general government, which, though not expressed, was mutually understood. . .” PeopleStatesGovernmentWould BePoliticalPrinciplesCasesDependsMembersUnderstoodOriginalsUnionsDetermineDenyIngredientsCompositionRepresentationPolitical SystemsAbolishInconsistent Book:A view of the Constitution of the United States of America Source: A view of the Constitution of the United States of America
“Let us then repeat and firmly fix this main point: the evil, the root evil, of that to which the term Capitalism has come to be applied, is neither its functioning for profit nor its dependence upon legally protected private property; but the presence of a Proletariat, that is of men possessing political freedom, but dispossessed of economic freedom, and existing in such large numbers in any community as to determine the tone of all that community.” MenWisdomPoliticalEvilPoliticsTermCommunityNumbersEconomyEconomicCapitalismRootsPropertyDetermineProfitToneRepeatsLiberalismProtectedDependencePossessingPrivate PropertyLarge NumbersProletariatEconomic FreedomPolitical Freedom Book:The Crisis Of Civilization Source: The Crisis Of Civilization
“The moral spectacle of capitalism still offends, as does American capitalism's implacable insistence that the market determine value even in the political, intellectual, and artistic spheres.” DoeStillsPoliticalValuesMoralIntellectualCapitalismDetermineArtisticSpheresInsistenceAmerican Capitalism Author:William Pfaff
“We should - we will - welcome people of faith into the political process... It is essential that believers enter the arena. Your involvement in politics helps determine how well our democracy works. We have finally learned that government programs cannot solve our problems. Government can hand out money, but government cannot put hope in our hearts or a sense of purpose in our lives.” PeopleShouldWellsHeartHelpingProblemHumorHandsGovernmentPoliticalPurposeProcessDemocracyOur LivesEssentialsProgramDetermineSolveBelieverWelcomeArenaInvolvementPolitical HumorGovernment Programs Author:George W. Bush
“As I mentioned we have arrested or detained over 1,000 people here in America to determine to find out what they know.” PeopleKnowsHumorAmericaPoliticalDetermineArrestedPolitical Humor Author:George W. Bush