“Virtually all political discourse in the days of my youth was devoted to the ferreting out of hypocrisy... Because they were hypocrites, the Victorians were despised in the late twentieth century. Many of the persons who held such opinions were, of course, guilty of the most nefarious conduct themselves, and yet saw no paradox in holding such views because they were not hypocrites themselves-they took no moral stances and lived by none.” PersonsPoliticalCoursesViewsMoralOpinionSawsCenturyYouthLateGuiltyHypocrisyParadoxDevotedDiscourseTwentieth CenturyHypocriteDespisedStancePolitical Discourse Author:Neal Stephenson
“The Framers of the First Amendment were not concerned with preventing government from abridging their freedom to speak about crops and cockfighting, or with protecting the expressive activity of topless dancers, which of late has found some shelter under the First Amendment. Rather, the Framers cherished unabridged freedom of political communication.” FirstsGovernmentPoliticalFoundSpeakCommunicationActivitySpeechLateConcernedDancerAmendmentsShelterFreedom Of SpeechCropsFirst AmendmentPreventingExpressiveFramers Book:With a Happy Eye, But...: America and the World, 1997--2002 Source: With a Happy Eye, But...: America and the World, 1997--2002
“The late development of mass industrial organization in the United States has both stimulated and retarded the political development of the American working class.” StatesPoliticalUnitedClassUnited StatesDevelopmentLateMassOrganizationWorking ClassRetardedRetard Author:C. L. R. James
“On the eve of the election last month my wife Judith and I were driving home late in the afternoon and turned on the radio for the traffic and weather. What we instantly got was a freak show of political pornography: lies, distortions, and half-truths - half-truths being perhaps the blackest of all lies. They paraded before us as informed opinion.” ShowsHomeLastsPoliticalLyingHalfOpinionWifeMonthsLateElectionRadioMy WifeDrivingWeatherAfternoonFreakTrafficPornographyDistortionHalf TruthDriving HomeInformed Opinions Author:Bill Moyers
“Always inflation comes gradually; is recognized too late; and can be cured only by ruthless political surgery, which, if delayed too long, proves futile.” IfsLongPoliticalProveLateToo LateSurgeryInflationRuthlessDelayed Author:Theodore White