“What makes a terrorist? Are the drivers primarily political or economic? Princeton economist Alan Krueger has made a great study of this question...What Makes a Terrorist lacks a question mark. That's because Krueger, marshaling persuasive statistics and analysis, comes down firmly on the side of politics, noting most terrorists are middle-class and well-educated.” WellsMadePoliticalSidesClassStudyEconomicMiddleMarkTerroristEducatedAnalysisMiddle ClassStatisticsDriversEconomistPersuasiveWell EducatedPrincetonQuestion Mark Author:Thomas P.M. Barnett
“The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of nations.” MenCountryPoliticalReligionNationsReligiousMarkSentimentsDenominationsLiberality Book:The Papers of George Washington Source: The Papers of George Washington
“Totalitarian rule marks the sharpest contrast imaginable with political rule, and ideological thinking is an explicit and direct challenge to political thinking.” ThinkingPoliticalChallengesDirectMarkContrastIdeologicalExplicitLogical ThinkingPolitical Thinking Book:In Defense of Politics Source: In Defense of Politics
“I won't say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.” IfsSometimesWould BeTodayPoliticalPoliticsWonderChristianityPaperMarkReportersPapersLukeMatthew Author:Barry Goldwater