“There are flaws in the way politics is reported in this country today and we should do something about it, .. Radio and television coverage of politics doesn't see its role as a mission to explain, but to destroy, in a pernicious culture in which journalists pit themselves against politicians.” WayShouldCountryTodayCultureRolesTelevisionPoliticianRadioMissionsJournalistFlawsPitsCoveragePernicious Author:Tim Allen
“We are living in a culture that if you criticize immorality you could be branded as a "bigot". I am going to lose a lot of support just by saying this. I am not a politician and I am not running a popularity contest. My job is to defend our world from Islam. You asked why the westerners convert to Islam and I must tell the truth as I see it. If that offends anyone, let him be offended.” IfsWorldRunningJobsCultureLosesSupportPoliticianIslamTelling The TruthCriticizeOur WorldPopularityContestsOffendedImmoralityBigotsWesternersBrandedPopularity Contest Author:Ali Sina
“You can't have Rosie on The View and Elton John packing Mom and Pop in at Caesars Palace and gay people all over television, and then have these politicians run out there with a straight face and say that gay and lesbian relationships are a threat to the family. We are winning in the culture - which is why we'll ultimately win the political war.” PeopleWarRunningFacesPoliticalCultureWinningViewsTelevisionMomPoliticianGayThreatPopsPalacesGay PeoplePackingRosieStraight Face Author:Dan Savage
“I'm familiar with the Palestinian mentality, the culture, religion, and when I had information coming in on a daily basis: secrets about personal lives, politicians, what they are hiding from their society that most people don't see, I started to see the picture in a different way.” PeopleWayDifferentCultureSecretInformationPoliticianBasesFamiliarDifferent WaysHidingMentalityPalestinianPersonal LifeCulture Religion Author:Mosab Hassan Yousef
“As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.” ImportantFilmCultureDifferencesCommonCasesPoliticianConflictBenefitsFindingsMakersCommon Ground Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“Both [Donald] Trump and Bernie [Sanders] got to this idea of the vanishing middle class sooner and with more passion than more mainstream politicians, and benefited from it. The difference, of course, is that Bernie understood this in a more compassionate framework, and talked about it in conjunction with a revitalization of another part of the American project, which is the notion that we are all created equal, and that our laws and culture and action ought to reflect that.” IdeasActionLawCulturePassionCoursesDifferencesClassMiddleOughtTrumpPoliticianEqualProjectsUnderstoodNotionMiddle ClassCompassionateMainstreamFrameworkVanishingConjunctionsRevitalization Author:George Saunders
“It is sad to witness the persistence in our society of the racism and xenophobia that seems to be a permanent part of our political culture. It is shameful to see politicians exploiting these human weaknesses in order to gain political power. It is most depressing of all to contemplate a future in which politicians who do this will continue to have influence over people's lives.” PeopleHumansSeemsPoliticalOrderCultureInfluencePoliticianRacismWeaknessGainsWitnessPersistencePermanentOur SocietyContemplatingDepressingShamefulPolitical PowerXenophobiaPolitical CultureMost Depressing Author:Allen W. Wood
“I think I have a pretty good take on popular culture that maybe makes up for the fact that I'm not a sound-bite politician for the nightly news.” ThinkingFactsCultureSoundPoliticianNewsBitesPopular CultureSound Bites Author:Barack Obama
“Lincoln is such an iconic figure in American history. He seems to reflect so many elements of American culture that we consider essential, whether it's the self-made man, the frontier hero, the politician who tries to act in a moral way as well as in a political way, Honest Abe. His career raises these questions that are still with us, the power of the federal government vis-à-vis the states, the question of race in American life, can we be a society of equals? There are so many issues central to Lincoln's career that are still part of our society one hundred and fifty years later.” MenWayTryingYearsWellsMadeStillsSelfStatesSeemsGovernmentPoliticalCultureRaceMoralCareersIssuesHonestFiguresHeroPoliticianEssentialsElementsHundredRaisesFiftyOur SocietyAmerican HistoryFederal GovernmentFrontiersAmerican CultureIconicAmerican LifeSelf MadeAbeSelf Made Man Author:Eric Foner
“I really believe that art has to play a role in changing the moral direction. Mean, selfish people are in charge of the government and we're letting them make us into a much meaner culture. It reminds me of McCarthyism, to be honest, and to the early stages of fascism. There are people out there cheering for war, treating those deaths like some kind of athletic event. How sick do we have to be that this is not only acceptable, but virtually unchallenged by other politicians or clergy or anyone? And it's artists who have to stand up and be counted. Right now.” PeopleBelieveKindMeanArtWarArtistCultureMoralHonestPoliticianSickSelfishBeing HonestCheerFascismAthleticSelfish People Author:Steve Almond
“The Washington establishment does not like the Tea Party. Don't you love all these politicians that run around and campaign as outsiders, anti-establishment, 'I'm not part of that Washington culture.' Well, then join the Tea Party, 'cause that's who's really anti-establishment, that's who's really a bunch of outsiders is the Tea Party. But you don't see those politicians who want to be considered outsiders joining or embracing the Tea Party, do you?” RunningCulturePartyPoliticianTeaOutsidersTea Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” WorldInspirationalUseCultureChangeInspiringPowerfulEducationSuccessfulTeacherPoliticianTravelWeaponsIndependentEducationalChanging The WorldMost PowerfulGraduationEducatorApartheidGreat EducationGood EducationEducation And TeachersSchool TeachersSchools And EducationSchool EducationGreat EducationalTeaching And EducationChildren LearningInspirational EducationFunny GraduationQuality EducationEducation And KnowledgeBest EducationChildren EducationHigh School GraduationStudents And EducationInspirational GraduationChildren And EducationPowerful WeaponsInspirational EducationalLong Walk To FreedomValue Of EducationInspirational High School GraduationPhilosophy Of EducationGraduation DayFree EducationInspiring EducationImportance Of EducationEarly EducationWhat Is EducationGreat SchoolsConvocationStudent MotivationalUniversal EducationEducation And FreedomLeadership In EducationAcademic EducationInspiring EducationalMotivational EducationPower To Change The WorldInspirational SchoolEnglish EducationEducational LeadersPopular Education Author:Nelson Mandela