“Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.” PoliticsAcceptingHeardInvokeVerdict Author:Dag Hammarskjold
“The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.” IdeasWould BePoliticalPoliticsAcceptingSourceIndustryArgumentSocialistCongressmanTainted Author:Newt Gingrich
“The fundamental differences between Marxian and traditional orthodox economics are, first, that the orthodox economists accept the capitalist system as part of the eternal order of Nature, while Marx regards it as a passing phase in the transition from the feudal economy of the past to the socialist economy of the future.” FirstsPastOrderPoliticsNatureCommunityDifferencesWorkMoneyAcceptingHistoryEconomyGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyEternalCapitalismEconomicsRegardFundamentalsStrategySocialismPassingPassingsTraditionalOrthodoxTransitionCapitalistPhasesSocialistEconomistSocialist Economy Book:Essay on Marxian Economics Source: Essay on Marxian Economics
“The old freedom sufficiently survives in the mind of the wage earner to give him the illusion that, while accepting insurance and maintenance from the capitalist state, he can still be a full citizen. He thinks he can have his cake and eat it too. He is mistaken. The great capitalists who procured these regulations from the politicians knew what they were at. They were catching their proletariat in a net, and now they hold it fast.” ThinkingGivingMindStillsStatesWisdomPoliticsAcceptingEconomyCitizensPoliticianIllusionLiberalismCakeCapitalistRegulationMistakenCatchingMaintenanceProletariat Book:Essays of a Catholic Source: Essays of a Catholic
“There are three ways in which a man becomes a slave. He may be born into slavery, or forced into it, or he can deliberately accept his servitude. All three forms flourish in the modern world. Men are born and forced into slavery in Russia and her satellites states. Men in the free world invite slavery when they ask the government to provide complete security, when they surrender their freedom to the "Welfare State."” MenWorldWayMayStatesWisdomGovernmentFormThreeAsksPoliticsBornAcceptingEconomyModernSecuritySlaverySlaveSurrenderRussiaWelfareLiberalismInvitesModern WorldServitudeSatellitesWelfare StateFree WorldThree Ways Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“Faced with such insecurity, labor unions seek a solution in demands for higher wages, shorter hours, pensions, and such things. But this approach takes monopolistic capitalism for granted, and accepts the unnatural division between property and responsibility as permanent. A much more radical solution is apt to come, and this may take either of two forms.” MayTwoWisdomFormPoliticsHoursResponsibilityAcceptingEconomyHigherDemandApproachSolutionsCapitalismLaborPropertyUnionsGrantedRadicalPermanentLiberalismInsecurityDivisionWagesUnnaturalPensionLabor Union Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“Congress' dynastic politics has shattered the hopes & aspirations of people. Congress hides behind the veil of secularism whenever its governance falters and its misconduct is exposed. This will no longer go unchallenged. The younger generation will not accept these actions of Congress!” PeopleActionPoliticsBehindsAcceptingGenerationsIndiaCongressAspirationExposedVeilsGovernanceSecularismShatteredYounger GenerationMisconduct Author:Narendra Modi
“I do not accept that we cannot find a common sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic second amendment freedoms and the rights of law abiding gun owners, while at the same time reducing the gun violence that unleashes so much mayhem on a regular basis.” WayLawPoliticsJusticeCommonAcceptingRightsViolencePolicyEthicsGunTraditionBasesConstitutionPropertyIncludingHuman RightsCommon SenseIdeologyPreservesOwnersAmendmentsCivilityReducingAbidingSecond AmendmentGun ViolenceMayhemGun Owners Author:Barack Obama
“There is a connection waiting to be made between the decline in democratic participation and the explosion in new ways of communicating. We need not accept the paradox that gives us more ways than ever to speak, and leaves the public with a wider feeling than ever before that their voices are not being heard. The new technologies can strengthen our democracy, by giving us greater opportunities than ever before for better transparency and a more responsive relationship between government and electors” WayNeedsGivingMadeFeelingsGovernmentOpportunityPoliticsSpeakWaitingVoiceAcceptingTechnologyDemocracyGreaterHeardInternetConnectionsDemocraticCommunicateParadoxDeclineNew WaysParticipationExplosionsTransparencyNew Technology Author:Robin Cook
“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” PastPoliticalPoliticsAnswersResponsibilityAcceptingRepublicanBlameDemocraticProblem Solving4th Of JulyDemocratic PartyPersonal ResponsibilityDemocratic SocietyRight AnswersNew FrontiersDomestic PolicyBrush StrokesDemocratic RightsPolitics Today Author:John F. Kennedy