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“You might have some people that disagree with populism and anti-globalism and so forth, but Donald Trump has no desire to undermine America.”

People Might America Desire Trump Disagree Populism Globalism

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“The surge in right-wing populism and the phenomenon of Trump are related. You can think of them together as the same problem.”

Thinking Problem Together Trump Wings Related Phenomenon Right Wing Populism

Author:Anne Applebaum

“You see a wave of populism in the world. There is something wrong. This maybe because of technology.”

World Technology Wave Populism

Author:Ken Moelis

“The ability of people to reach their own news sources now, and create different views, is really unbelievable, and [populism] may be part of this.”

People May Different Ability Views Source News Unbelievable Populism Different Views

Author:Ken Moelis

“Why not learn from the positive aspect of Canadian populism, which is the way to deal with it? Learn from the negative side, but it's more important to learn from the positive side, because it's an enormous amount of energy.”

Way Important Energy Sides Deals Amount Negative Aspect Enormous Why Not Populism

Author:Preston Manning

“Populism is everywhere. We have religious populism in the Muslim-majority countries as much as we have populism in the United States of America.”

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Author:Tariq Ramadan

“Populism in contemporary art can become a dirty word. There is this notion that to not be understood is a reflection of depth. I'm sure this is true in some cases, but on the whole I can't accept this as a vision of art. There's something so cynical about assuming your audience is unintelligent or that artists shouldn't care about their viewers.”

“Mike Huckabee represents something that is either tremendously encouraging or deeply disturbing, depending on your point of view: a marriage of Christian fundamentalism with economic populism.”

Christian Views Economic Point Of View Fundamentalism Mike Disturbing Populism

Author:Matt Taibbi

“Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.”

Beauty Approach Mere Naked Revolutionary Rebellious Nudity Populist Barefoot Populism

Book:Hugging the Shore: Essays and Criticism

Source: Hugging the Shore: Essays and Criticism

“In 1976, Jimmy Carter - peanut farmer; carried his own suitcase, imagine that - somewhat tapped America's durable but shallow reservoir of populism. By 1980, ordinariness in high office had lost its allure.”

America Lost Imagine Office Farmers Imagine That Shallow Jimmy Carter Peanuts Suitcases Reservoirs Populism Allure Ordinariness

Author:George Will

“If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range of nationalist, xenophobic and extreme movements increasing across the European Union. And, frankly, questions about the British debate on EU membership will just be a small sideshow compared to the rise of political populism.”

Ifs Whole Political Vision Movement Unions Come Up Extremes British Debate Range Zone Comprehensive European Union Euro Membership Populism Sideshows

Author:Nick Clegg

“A family-friendly "eco-populism" can mobilize and unite millions who, at this point, would be turned off by a more extreme set of demands. The momentum will build, through these early efforts, for more comprehensive solutions.”

Would Be Effort Millions Demand Solutions Climate Change Extremes Friendly Momentum Comprehensive Eco Populism Turned Off

Author:Van Jones

“Globalization is a reality. And this makes most leaders today realize that populist illusions can't be sustained before they collapse into stagnation and leave their political supporters deeply disillusioned. You can't inflate away your troubles or allow mountains of debt to build up if, as a country, you have to make your living in a globally competitive environment... Building prosperity requires caution and patience. It requires time. Populism is a short cut that doesn't work.”

“Despotism has so often been established in the name of liberty that experience should warn us to judge parties by their practices rather than their preachings.”

Should Names Party Liberty Practice Judging Experience Warning Establishment Preaching Despotism Populism

Book:The Opium of the Intellectuals

Source: The Opium of the Intellectuals

“Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not socialists or communists, we are proponents of regulated capitalism and, I might add, people who have read American history.”

People Needs Might Political Simple Capitalism Add Democratic Libertarian Communist American History Premises Political Systems Populism

Author:Molly Ivins

“Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.”

Adjectives Populist Populism

Author:Brian Eno

“Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even eliminate the mediation of parliament.”

People Mean Political Media Masters Politician Shapes Affair Parliament Mediation Populism

Author:Umberto Eco

“At the core of what I'm doing is a belief in the audience, a belief that populism doesn't mean dumbing down theater, but rather giving the audience a voice and a role in experiencing theater.”

Giving Mean Belief Voice Roles Audience Theater Core Populism Dumbing Down

Author:Diane Paulus

“The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism.”

Earth Moving Eco Elitism Populism

Book:The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems

Source: The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems

“I would caution against fueling cheap populism. First of all, every German who has spent a vacation in Greece knows that the standard of living there isn't higher than it is in Germany. Second, Greece is paying a high price for European assistance.”

Knows Firsts Higher Standards Germany Vacation Assistance Caution Greece Standards Of Living Populism High Prices

Author:Wolfgang Schauble

“[Among conservatives] there's been too much pseudo-populism, almost too much concern and attention for, quote, 'the people'.... After all, we conservatives are on the side of the lords and barons.... We...are pulling up the drawbridge against the peasants.”

People Political Politics Sides Attention Lord Too Much Concern Pulling Peasants Pseudo Populism

Author:William Kristol

“A lot of populists after populism died just became socialists. At the beginning of the 20th century, socialism looked like it was going to take off. It didn't, of course, but a lot of people thought it was going to.”

People Courses Century Died Socialism 20th Century Populist Populism

Author:Thomas Frank

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