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“The four great motives for writing prose are sheer egoism, esthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose.”

Writing Political Purpose Four Historical Enthusiasm Impulse Motive Prose Sheer Egoism

Author:George Orwell

“The short lesson that comes out of long experience in political agitation is something like this: all the motive power in all of these movements is the instinct of religious feeling. All the obstruction comes from attempting to rely on anything else. Conciliation is the enemy.”

Long Feelings Political Religious Enemy Movement Lessons Instinct Rely Motive Attempting Agitation Obstruction

Book:Practical Agitation

Source: Practical Agitation

“Differences in political opinions are as unavoidable as, to a certain point, they may perhaps be necessary; but it is exceedingly to be regretted that subjects cannot be discussed with temper on the one hand, or decisions submitted to without having the motives, which led to them, improperly implicated on the other; and this regret borders on chagrin when we find that men of abilities, zealous patriots, having the same general objects in view, and the same upright intentions to prosecute them, will not exercise more charity in deciding on the opinions and actions of one another.”

Source: The real George Washington

“Whatever expenditure is sanctioned - even when it is sanctioned against the ministry's wish - the ministry must find the money. Accordingly, they have the strongest motive to oppose extra outlay. The ministry is (so to speak) the breadwinner of the political family, and has to meet the cost of philanthropy and glory; just as the head of a family has to pay for the charities of his wife and the toilette of his daughters.”

Political Speak Wish Pay Wife Cost Glory Daughter Charity Motive Extras Strongest Ministry Philanthropy Expenditures Breadwinner

Author:Walter Bagehot

“The illegitimate use of a state by economic interests for their own ends is based upon a preexisting illegitimate power of the state to enrich some persons at the expense of others. Eliminate that illegitimate power of giving differential economic benefits and you eliminate or drastically restrict the motive for wanting political influence.”

Giving Persons Ends States Use Political Interest Influence Economic Benefits Motive Expenses Political Influence

Book:Anarchy, state, and utopia

Source: Anarchy, state, and utopia

“A politician or political thinker who calls himself a political realist is usually boasting that he sees politics, so to speak, in the raw; he is generally a proclaimed cynic and pessimist who makes it his business to look behind words and fine speeches for the motive. This motive is always low.”

Looks Political Speak Behinds Fine Politician Speech Lows Motive Thinker Boast Pessimist Realist Cynic

Book:The humanist in the bathtub

Source: The humanist in the bathtub

“Every relationship has one or the other motive behind it. Friendship or enemity are not purposeless.Oneness of motive is turned into friendship. While diversity of motive cause enemity. Royal relationships also depend uypon one or theother purpose. But such relatins ar mainly for the welfare of the state.”

States Political Purpose Causes Behinds Depends Diversity Oneness Welfare Motive Royal

Author:Chanakya

“We're now interested in finding those who may attack America and arrest them before they do. We've had over nearly a thousand people have been detained in America and questioned about their motives and their intentions.”

People May Has Beens Humor America Political Thousand Findings Intention Motive Political Humor

Author:George W. Bush

“Almost all education has a political motive.”

Political Motive

Book:The basic writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959

Source: The basic writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959

“Any attention to them (terrorists) on the part of the media, any double-standard interpretation of their motives and results of their activity means nothing but a political and administrative support of terrorist acts”

Mean Political Results Attention Support Media Activity Standards Terrorist Motive Interpretation Double Standard Administrative

Author:Vladimir Putin

“The whole plan of extermination was nothing less than a cold blooded, calculated political measure, having for its object the annihilation of a superior element in the population, which might prove troublesome, and to this must be added the motive of greed.”

Whole Might Political Plans Objects Cold Prove Elements Greed Population Superiors Motive Genocide Annihilation Troublesome Extermination Cold Blooded Armenian Genocide

Author:Fridtjof Nansen