“Howard Dean is not the first politician to distort facts in his own interests. But many activists in the party he now leads are puzzled over what he thinks he is accomplishing politically. Is it good politics to contend that Iraq was better off under Saddam Hussein than even a flawed Islamic republic.” ThinkingFirstsFactsInterestPartyPoliticianIraqIslamicActivistRepublicSaddamBetter OffHusseinFlawedDeanPuzzled Author:Robert Novak
“Ultimately, the Indian public is not fool. They can spot the difference between what is said for effect and what is done in reality. Whether it is politicians or actors or social activists, they know for sure whom to trust or not.” KnowsSaidDoneRealityActorsSocialDifferencesEffectsFoolPoliticianSpotsIndianActivistWhom To Trust Author:Rahul Bose
“No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and activist public devoted to the ideals of liberty.” WayMatterGovernmentLibertyPoliticianOfficeIdealsEducatedGuaranteesActivistDevotedConstitutional Government Author:Ron Paul
“It's truly hard to understand how liberal politicians, activists and journalists so consistently escape accountability for stoking the flames of racial disharmony while purporting to dampen them and for dividing our society along racial, gender, and economic lines while claiming to unite us.” HardLinesEconomicPoliticianGenderJournalistFlamesOur SocietyAccountabilityActivistConsistentlyDividingDisharmony Author:David Limbaugh
“I fear that within 10 years gays, trade union activists and left wing politicians will be led off to the gas chambers.” YearsLeftPoliticianGayTradeWingsUnionsGasActivistHomosexualityChamberLeft WingTrade UnionsGas Chambers Author:Ken Livingstone
“Politics can be very mean and dirty. The things politicians say about each other, and what activists say, I had a brief glimpse of that for a couple of days. If I ever had any questions about whether I wanted to run for office, I now know the answer - I don't.” IfsKnowsMeanRunningWantedAnswersCouplePoliticianOfficeDirtyActivistGlimpseVery Mean Author:Matt Hasselbeck
“They seemed like a team. And I think it is fair to say that Roosevelt was the consummate politician and that Eleanor was the socially conscious activist. It gave them a nice combination of yang and yin, which they took advantage of. And I think it worked very well for them politically.” ThinkingWellsNiceTeamPoliticianConsciousAdvantageFairsCombinationActivistEleanorYang Author:William A. Rusher
“I think that compared to other politicians who have been put in jail in the past, compared to the human-rights activists in history who have had to face political prosecution, the activists in Hong Kong nowadays are already quite lucky compared to that.” ThinkingHumansHas BeensPastFacesPoliticalRightsPoliticianLuckyHuman RightsJailActivistHong KongProsecution Author:Joshua Wong
“Two radical activists in an organizing group sometime despise each other and disagree with each other as much as a Republican and Democratic politician do.” TwoGroupsPoliticianRepublicanDemocraticRadicalActivistDisagreeDespise Author:Grace Dunham
“Corporations that are turning over these huge profits can own everything: the media, the universities, the mines, the weapons industry, insurance hospitals, drug companies, non-governmental organisations. They can buy judges, journalists, politicians, publishing houses, television stations, bookshops and even activists. This kind of monopoly, this cross-ownership of businesses, has to stop.” KindHouseCompanyMediaTelevisionMinesJudgingHugeIndustryPoliticianDrugWeaponsCrossesUniversityProfitJournalistCorporationsStationsHospitalsActivistPublishingOwnershipMonopolyOrganisationBookshopsDrug CompaniesPublishing House Author:Arundhati Roy
“I am not a politician or a public servant. I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.” TryingStillsI CanActorsWinningGivenJusticePoliticianServantActivistPilgrimPeace And JusticePublic Servants Author:Martin Sheen
“The reason why the war ended in Bosnia was not because of amnesty but because a combined Croat-Bosnian offensive defeated the Serbs on the battlefield. Sometimes naïveté belongs not to the human rights activists but to the politicians.” WarSometimesReasonPoliticianHuman RightsActivistDefeatedOffensive Author:Payam Akhavan
“To really tackle poverty, politicians, activists, academics will all have to think outside their boxes, will have to start developing much more integrated approaches to these problems. And a large part of this will involve working out ways to push for living wages. Partly this will involve re-empowering the union movement, which has been massively weakened in recent decades. Partly it will involve a willingness to restructure tax codes to penalize companies that don't provide basic benefits and decent wages to employees.” ThinkingProblemPovertyPoliticianTaxesWork OutCodeDecentEmployeeWillingnessActivistIntegrated Author:Sasha Abramsky
“During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it's squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grassroots flames.” LibertyPoliticianRepublicanSummerDeserveInnovationDemocraticConservativeFlamesHeatProtestActivistDestroyingObamacareMandatesGrassroots Author:Michelle Malkin
“The most passionately anti-Obama Republican politicians and activists consider themselves the truest and purest of conservatives, and often unleash their scorn and fury on others who also call themselves conservative but differ on strategy and tactics.” PoliticianRepublicanStrategyConservativeActivistTacticsScornFuryTruest Author:John Podhoretz